Re: Fedora 14 Alpha Can Still Ship on Time IF these bugs get attention TODAY

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On Thu, 2010-08-05 at 13:39 -0700, John Poelstra wrote:
> David Malcolm said the following on 08/05/2010 11:55 AM Pacific Time:
> > On Thu, 2010-08-05 at 11:46 -0700, John Poelstra wrote:
> >> Tom "spot" Callaway said the following on 08/05/2010 10:08 AM Pacific Time:
> >>> On 08/05/2010 12:59 PM, John Poelstra wrote:
> >>>> 597858 [NEW - high - dwalsh@xxxxxxxxxx - --- -] "SELinux is preventing
> >>>> firefox from making its memory writable and executable." crashes rawhide
> >>>> firefox start
> >>>
> >>> The update to fix this one out is here:
> >>>
> >>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/selinux-policy-3.8.8-10.fc14
> >>>
> >>> ~spot
> >>
> >> That's excellent information to put in the bug.
> >
> > Bodhi does this automatically if you add the bug number to the update
> > when you create it [1]; not sure if it does it when adding a bug to an
> > already-created update.
> 
> The biggest time consumer for me (and several people behind the scenes) 
> this release (actually it probably happens every release, but I haven't 
> taken this active a role before) has been pinging bugs where there is 
> not enough information tell what is going on.
> 
> There has to be a better way.
> 
> If each person took a minute or two to add a comment of "what the next 
> step is" or what they are waiting for, we'd have a much clearer picture 
> of where the release stands.
> 
> The alternatives are to do nothing and miss our dates or spam the list 
> and ping bugs until we get to the finish line.  Flags, better tooling, 
> or more blocker meetings aren't the solution--people communicating 
> proactively is.
> 
> Are there any other things I can do to help make this go more smoothly?
> 
> Are there any other people willing to formally step up and help me do this?

Well, I can give you a tip - always check Bodhi and Koji for updates to
the package you're currently looking at the bug report for, it saves a
lot of time.
-- 
Adam Williamson
Fedora QA Community Monkey
IRC: adamw | Fedora Talk: adamwill AT fedoraproject DOT org
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