Re: [DISCUSS] Shepherding PRs

2014-03-27 Thread Mark Hamstra
So what happens when having a shepherd is not helpful, e.g. when the designated shepherd gets encumbered with a pile of higher-priority responsibilities while the PR being shepherded is still in process? On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Evan Chan wrote: > +1. > > I really like this idea. I kn

Re: [DISCUSS] Shepherding PRs

2014-03-27 Thread Evan Chan
+1. I really like this idea. I know having a shepherd would have been really helpful for a couple of changes. On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 8:18 AM, Andy Konwinski wrote: > I thought this email exchange from the Mesos dev list was worth sharing. > The Mesos project is trying out a process wherein th

[DISCUSS] Shepherding PRs

2014-03-27 Thread Andy Konwinski
I thought this email exchange from the Mesos dev list was worth sharing. The Mesos project is trying out a process wherein they assign shepherds (who are committers) to significant issues. I'm not proposing that this necessarily makes sense for us, but I thought it might be worth discussing. Andy