Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo Council agenda for 8/13

[Michał Górny]

On wto, 2017-08-08 at 13:46 -0700, Daniel Campbell wrote:
> On 08/08/2017 09:49 AM, William Hubbs wrote:
> >
> > All,
> >
> > here is the council agenda for 8/13:
> >
> > 1. roll call
> >
> > 2. decide whether the kernel team can stabilize minor releases on their
> > own once the arch teams have stabilized a major release [1].
> >
> > 3. open bugs with council involvement
> >
> > 4. open floor
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > William
> >
> > [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Kernel#Kernel_stabilization
> >
>
> I would like the council to consider clarifying the text found in the
> devmanual regarding revision bumps. [1] At present, the text indicates
> that in general we don't want to touch ebuilds that have hit stable.
> However, there are exceptions that are not explicitly laid out, that
> some of us expect other developers to "just understand", despite a
> complete lack of documentation. Developers can't be expected to follow
> policy that isn't clear. "Use your best judgment" isn't good enough when
> a developer gets berated for using it.
>
> Thus, I would ask the council to answer this one question: When is it
> acceptable to correct an ebuild that has already gotten stable keywords?
> If more intrepid developers would like to make a flow chart or other
> guided aid, that'd be even better.
>

This is a matter for QA, and there are patches for devmanual with a more
detailed policy in review already

Besides, flow charts won't replace common sense. They will only serve as
an excuse to abuse the policy against the spirit it was written on.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny