On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Scott Kitterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 13 May 2008 17:22, Nicolas Valcarcel wrote: > > I think i haven't explain myself as i should. The thing was that: > developer > > A uploaded a package on the past release circle, then a merge was > publiched > > on MoM, a contributor take the merge, work on it and upload the debdiff > to > > launchpad reporting the bug as it needs to be, the developer A commented > on > > that bug report, so we can be sure that he knows about the contributor > > working on that merge, then developer B work on that merge and upload it > by > > himself without noticing the bug report and contributor's work. > > That, on the side of the contributor, being a new one, is a really bad > > thing because he wanted to be his work on the repos, but not only it > isn't > > there, it has been done and uploaded by someone else. > > DaD's comments were a good feature to avoid such things, if contributor > > left a comment in there, the developer B could see it and work on > another > > merge. > > > I think I got that and agree it's unfortunate. The contributor certainly > has > my sympathy. I completely get the frustration. I just don't know what > can > be done that isn't already planned. > > A strict check with the last uploader rule would likely have solved this, > but > the community rejected that approach last time it was discussed. > > I too agree that it's unfortunate. However, I don't think it's something people should be getting too upset about (people make mistakes) and I don't think ping-last-uploader is a proper solution to the issue, for various reasons. My feeling is that the best way to help make sure this kind of thing doesn't happen is to have *one*, canonical place to track merges. Launchpad bugs seems to be the best way we have of doing that currently. Basically, file a merge bug if you're going to be working on a merge and *all* people working on merges, including MOTU sponsors, should be looking *first* to see if somebody has already filed a bug before working on it. -Jordan
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