conditional blocker language

Chris Murphy lists at colorremedies.com
Tue Oct 22 20:18:21 UTC 2013


On Oct 22, 2013, at 1:33 PM, Adam Williamson <awilliam at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 2013-10-22 at 11:23 -0600, Chris Murphy wrote:
>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Blocker_Bug_FAQ
>> 
>> Existing: When a bug causes a criterion not to be met in some but not all cases, the teams involved in the release process will make a judgement as to whether the impact of the bug is severe enough to consider the release as a whole not to meet the release criteria. 
>> 
>> Suggested rewrite: When a bug causes a criterion violation for some yet not every instance, the teams involved in the release process will determine whether the bug's impact is severe enough to consider the release, as a whole, to not meet release criteria.
> 
> What's the purpose of the change? To me they both say more or less the
> same thing. I think your version is fine, I can't say which I think is
> _better_ - if it's just intended to be a clearer version, and most
> people find your version clearer, I'd be perfectly happy if it was
> changed :)

The double negative is confusing. And even the rewrite needs a comma between "some yet". It's just a totally A.R. clarity thing.

Chris Murphy


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