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[Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz AT gmx.net>]

On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 01:03:43PM -0700, Andrew wrote:
> On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 08:33:25PM +0200, Arwed von Merkatz wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> > 
> > as the process of how to get fixes into stable(-rc) grimoire apparently
> > isn't clear to everyone, here's how I think the process should be.
> > This is mostly a draft to get comments, but we definitely need some
> > policy like this to ensure stable is as stable as we can get it.
> > This isn't really anything new, just a clarification of how the process
> > is supposed to work, extending it to security updates.
> > 
> > - a new flag "integrate to stable-rc" will get added to bugzilla
> > - bugs get filed against the highest grimoire in the stability range
> >   that they apply to, i.e. first to stable, then stable-rc, then test
> > - bugs get fixed _only_ in test grimoire as usual
> > - once they're fixed in test, the "fixed in lesser branch" flag is set
> >   to "+", and the "integrate to $BRANCH" flags are set to "?" for the
> >   branches they apply to
> > - one of the gatekeepers (currently Eric Sandall, Seth Woolley and
> >   myself) approves or denies the request(s) for integration, if it's
> >   denied, an explanation of the reasons is added to the bug 
> 
> I think there needs to be a clarification that the person requesting
> the integration and the gatekeeper be different people. So a gatekeeper
> can't approve their own request.
 
Thanks, I forgot that when transcribing from my irc notes.

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