-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/04/11 19:14, Bernd Schmidt wrote: >> > Another danger is getting a mob effect as in PR48403 (which I've also > seen happen on other occasions) and getting the wrong set of patches > reverted by trigger-happy people. To be blunt, there are some people on > this list who tend to react panicky to bugs and skip proper analysis (as > in this case); I don't want to encourage such folks to revert stuff > willy-nilly. Sometimes you just need a bit of time and assistance from > testers who actually see the problem to understand it. > > If there's a change in policy I'd at least make allowances for weekends. > There's considerably less traffic on the mailing lists on Saturdays and > Sundays, which suggests few people will be inconvenienced if the tree is > broken during such a time. We also don't want everyone to only check > things in on Mondays because they worry they'll come back after a > weekend to find their stuff gone from the tree. I definitely think that if there is a policy change that an allowance be made for weekends/holidays and that if a patch has been identified and the offender has acknowledged the issue and is actively working on the problem give the offender time to resolve the issue.
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