On 06/29/2012 07:24 PM, Tanu Kaskinen wrote: > There is a class of bugs that are so severe that they just have to be > fixed before the release is made, no matter how long it may take, but > those are very rare (I can't even think of any real-life examples right > now). Certainly. But then it's probably something that hits many, which means you would probably detect them not too late, and be able to fix them before the deadline. > I guess those are the only "real blocker" bugs. Then there's the > class of "not really a blocker bug, but marked as a blocker anyway" > bugs. > > Outside the freeze periods, I generally keep patch review as the top > priority of the "maintainer duties", For my own part, I see fixing bugs as my top thing in general. Or rather, "what would a normal Ubuntu user want?" which is, quite often, to have bugs fixed :-) ...and occasionally, new features (e g the jack detection stuff). That, or if it has something to do with machines Canonical wants to certify, that makes it float to the top of my priority list. > Maybe I'm strange, but I think a moderate amount of regular meetings > might actually make contributing more fun. Good :-) I just wanted to make sure I'm not pushing people to somewhere where they feel bad or bored. It is easy to forget that perspective at times. -- David Henningsson, Canonical Ltd. https://launchpad.net/~diwic