OK, I'll bite. * Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> [020503 08:38]: > On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 07:15:09PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > Seems to me that if bug severity is orthagonal to release criticality > > People keep saying that, but it's not true [0].
I think you and Joey are saying the same thing if you read his closely and quote more of it. > "Release critical bugs" > are those that are serious, grave or critical. "Bugs that will stop the > release of that package" are "release critical bugs" that haven't been > specifically exempted by the release manager. Exemptions only happen > just before a release, and only happen on a discretionary basis, and > don't last for a particularly long time. > > There may be subtle differences between the meanings of the various > terms, but they are *very* strongly correlated, which is right at the > other extreme from orthogonality. Strongly correlated in the general case, yes. Isn't the discussion about modifying the system to handle the exemptions you describe? -- -- Grant Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
