Hi, folks. So something came up in passing at the QA meeting today which we agreed to discuss here. We added a criterion for Fedora 21 Final: "All applications installed by default in Fedora Workstation must comply with each MUST and MUST NOT guideline in the Applications and Launchers policy." https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation/Guidelines/Applications_and_Launchers that policy includes this: "App launchers MUST have a unique[3] 128×128 launcher icon with an alpha channel and a matching High Contrast icon." so effectively any default-installed app in Workstation lacking a high contrast icon blocks the release of Fedora. We do indeed have two such bugs on the current blocker list: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1160499 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1130794 someone at the meeting wondered whether we really want to block Fedora releases for this, and mclasen said: <mclasen> I don't think it justifies blocking the release, tbh <mclasen> but it is nice to have some pressure for getting those gaps closed We're quite strict about not using the blocker process for this kind of thing these days, and I still think that's the best policy. One of the problems we identified with the old blocker process back around F12-F14, when we solidified the current process and added the "freeze exception" (at the time, "nice to have") concept was that (ab)using the blocker list as a list of 'priority' bugs meant no-one was really clear on what bugs would actually literally block the release, and what bugs would just be hand-waved when it came time to decide whether we shipped. Since then we've stuck to the policy that only bugs we would actually delay the release for go on the blocker list, and I think that's worked out well and we should try to stick with it. So with that in mind, can I ask if we really want to block Fedora releases on high-contrast icons? If the consensus is 'yes', then fine, no need for action. If 'no', then we'd need to amend either the release criterion or the Applications and Launchers policy in some way - for instance: "App launchers MUST have a unique[3] 128×128 launcher icon with an alpha channel and SHOULD include a matching High Contrast icon." -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net -- desktop mailing list desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop
