On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:02:16 -0500
Joseph Jezak <josejx@g.o> wrote:

> Ben de Groot wrote:
> > What about ppc64? They are MONTHS behind on stabilization,
> > even for security bugs (see bug 281821 for example). The Qt team
> > feels this is no longer acceptable. We propose that any arch that
> > can't keep up will be demoted to experimental status.
> >
> >   
> ppc is also fairly far behind (much thanks to nixnut for keeping us
> going!).  Part of the problem is that when I do get time to catch up,
> we're so buried in bugs, it's time consuming just to triage and figure
> out what to do next, and even to remember where I left off last.
> 
> I would really help if there were better communication about what bugs
> absolutely need to be done ASAP and what can slide by for now.
> 
> That said, please be a bit more patient with us, we just don't have the
> manpower to fix every single keywording bug immediately.

Is there any interest in allowing certain packages to be stabilized by the
maintainer without going through the arch teams?  I always feel guilty when i
file stabilization bugs for app-doc pkgs.


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