Blocker bug process proposal: make FESCo blockers automatic

[Dan Mossor]

On 07/10/2014 03:54 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> Hi folks! So, we have this Alpha release criterion:
>
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_Alpha_Release_Criteria#FESCo_blocker_bugs
>
> it was added back in 2013 -
> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2013-June/116531.html -
> to provide a documented process by which FESCo could designate bugs as
> blocking the release. Practically, FESCo has always been able to do
> this, but we didn't used to have a way of keeping track of it.
>
> It occurs to me that there's really no reason for FESCo-designated
> blockers to go through the review process: there's really nothing to be
> discussed, if FESCo says "we designate this bug as a blocker", then it's
> a blocker. We don't need to propose and review it. So I suggest we
> should amend the Automatic Blockers policy:
>
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_blocker_bug_process#Automatic_blockers
>
> with this additional bullet:
>
> * Bugs designated as release blockers by FESCo (see [[{{FedoraVersion|
> long|next}}_Alpha_Release_Criteria#FESCo_blocker_bugs]])
>
> does this make sense to you all? Thanks!
Makes sense. Make it so.

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