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[Jeremy Blosser <jblosser-smgl AT firinn.org>]

On May 11, Flavien Bridault [vlaaad AT sourcemage.org] wrote:
> Le samedi 06 mai 2006 ? 16:06 -0700, Andrew a ?crit :
> > On Sun, May 07, 2006 at 12:00:51AM +0200, Flavien Bridault wrote:
> > > 
> > > Thank you for your answer, this is more or less what I thought. I rather
> > > agree with that, but the only point that scares me is that it seems a
> > > *huge* work to do for few people ! Say if I'm wrong, but only Eric,
> > > Arwed and you have such an access to stable-rc/stable ? Eric and Arwed
> > > already have a lot of work with their PL/TL work and all the hard work
> > > they do in devel/test. I wonder if this is not dangerous at some point
> > > to only rely on three developers, and exclude all the others.
> > 
> > There are other people with access to stable-rc/stable. Its not just
> > the gatekeepers of stable that can have access, the distinction is
> > that gatekeepers say what can and cannot go in. Once they say it can go
> > in, anyone (with access) can execute that command. More to the point,
> > there can be a sub-team of gurus that help with the mechanics of
> > stable/stable-rc, while a few experienced people stay gatekeepers. The
> > stable-release sub-team isn't exclusive to Eric Arwed and Seth either. I
> > think the main requirement is having the necessary scm skills.
> 
> Currently I have tons of bugs from promotheus, I try to fix them while
> they arrive. But the list becomes to be a real mess. I can't see
> directly what is fixed and not fixed, since we only have NEW, ASSIGNED
> and FIXED... All the fixes are allowed to be integrated in stable-rc (so
> marked ASSIGNED as well as not-fixed bugs I'm taking care) but none have
> been integrated in stable-rc ! Some bugs have been fixed several weeks
> ago. So that's why I primarily thought Eric, Arwed and Seth need some
> help to perform those tasks.
> So, I don't know if I have the necessary scm skills, but I'm sure I can
> learn... Could I candidate to be part of this sub-team ? Of course I
> would not be offended if you think I'm not good enough or whatever
> else... ;-)

Are you asking to be added to the integrator list, or the gatekeeper list?
I think you're asking the former... just trying to clarify.

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