-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 11:32:44 -0400 "Nathan L. Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > | > Again, Gentoo is not a large corporation or Debian. > | > | I don't see how Gentoo's status (or rather lack thereof) as a > | corporation or Debian has anything to do with encouraging peer review. > > You're taking methods from a "how your typical oversized software > engineering bloatware project works" situation and trying to apply them > outside of their domain.
The Linux kernel has a mult-tiered sign-off/peer review method[1]. I guess they're just your typical oversized software engineering bloatware project then, right? > | > The assumption is > | > that the majority of fixes are done correctly the first time, and > | > this assumption is valid. > | > | I don't see how you could prove that assumption. If you can, please do > | so. > > Experience. I receive bug mail for a heck of a lot of bugs. I see how > many of them are indeed correctly resolved when they are marked as such. Ah ha! So you've been peer reviewing bug fixes!!! Wouldn't it be nice if all developers did that sort of thing and gained that kind of experience? > | > Hence, the default behaviour is to mark bugs as > | > RESOLVED, with reopening being an entirely legitimate and encouraged > | > response for those occasional instances where the resolution was not > | > sufficient. > | > > | > | There are plenty of devs who don't share in the viewpoint that > | reopening bugs is legitimate and should encouraged (although I agree > | it is and should be). I base opinion that on some of the kicking and > | screaming I've seen on bugzilla in the past. ;) > > No, that kicking and screaming is reserved for when bugs are reopened > inappropriately. Let's not reopen old wounds. ;) [1] http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050529095918381 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFC0Z6n2QTTR4CNEQARAg/vAJ0d74aHyB1123sAmIMMxuSgxX4bKQCglP6a ihY16+oc5BTRLudHW6PtZ3s= =Me/f -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
