Re: FESCo wants to ban direct stable pushes in Bodhi (urgent call for feedback)

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 13:16 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote:

I think banning stable pushes is the right idea. None of your reasons is
very convincing.

> * A regression which causes big breakage at least for some people slipped 
> through testing for whatever reason. We urgently want the fix to get out 
> ASAP.

But presumably we still want to test the fix, to avoid introducing yet
another regression ?!

> * A regression slipped through testing for whatever reason and the patch is 
> trivial. We want the fix to get out ASAP, and the risk of breakage is very 
> low.

Just go up to your first argument: the breage slips through. That is
exactly what happens if your judgement of 'low risk' turns out to be
wrong. And it will...

> * A trivial bugfix (like a one-line diff), tested and confirmed to fix the 
> bug by at least one person. The risk of breakage is extremely low.

Again: go up. Breakage always happens to somebody else. That one person
tested the fix is not enough.



Matthias

-- 
devel mailing list
devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
[Index of Archives]     [Fedora Announce]     [Fedora Kernel]     [Fedora Testing]     [Fedora Formulas]     [Fedora PHP Devel]     [Kernel Development]     [Fedora Legacy]     [Fedora Maintainers]     [Fedora Desktop]     [PAM]     [Red Hat Development]     [Gimp]     [Yosemite News]
  Powered by Linux