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From: Alexis Ballier <aballier@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Re: [PATCH] glep-0048: Provide clear rules for disciplinary actions
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 14:26:52
Message-Id: 20190426162636.108b7139@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Re: [PATCH] glep-0048: Provide clear rules for disciplinary actions by "Michał Górny"
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4 On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 18:10:43 +0200
5 Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
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7 > On Fri, 2019-04-12 at 17:19 +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
8 > > > > > > > On Fri, 12 Apr 2019, Michał Górny wrote:
9 > > > Update the wording of GLEP 48 to provide clear information on what
10 > > > kind of disciplinary actions QA can issue, and in what
11 > > > circumstances they can be exercised. Remove the unclear reference
12 > > > to ComRel that is either meaningless or violation of scope.
13 > >
14 > > Comrel is about disciplinary actions, while QA is about the status
15 > > of the tree. IMHO we should keep that distinction, and not try to
16 > > transform QA into a second Comrel. This has been discussed several
17 > > times in the past, and the outcome always was that QA doesn't need
18 > > such additional superpowers.
19 >
20 > Then how are things exactly supposed to work? I think you can agree
21 > that the way it's defined now is open to wide range of interpretation.
22 >
23 > If I file a bug asking ComRel to consider acting on a developer
24 > causing repeated issues, ComRel's going to close the bug as 'QA
25 > business'. Now, if I said I'm filing the bug on behalf of QA, QA is
26 > going to shot me for unilaterally requesting something on behalf of
27 > QA.
28 >
29 > Therefore, according to the de facto policy QA votes first on whether
30 > to ask ComRel to vote for a disciplinary action. However, by its role
31 > ComRel is not guaranteed to have competence judging QA violations.
32 > How does this bureaucracy exactly help anyone?
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34 comrel shouldn't close the bug as 'QA business': What comrel is
35 supposed to act on is the "repeated and on purpose" part.
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