FESCo wants to ban direct stable pushes in Bodhi (urgent call for feedback)

[Matthias Clasen]

On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 13:16 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote:

I think banning stable pushes is the right idea. None of your reasons is
very convincing.

> * A regression which causes big breakage at least for some people slipped 
> through testing for whatever reason. We urgently want the fix to get out 
> ASAP.

But presumably we still want to test the fix, to avoid introducing yet
another regression ?!

> * A regression slipped through testing for whatever reason and the patch is 
> trivial. We want the fix to get out ASAP, and the risk of breakage is very 
> low.

Just go up to your first argument: the breage slips through. That is
exactly what happens if your judgement of 'low risk' turns out to be
wrong. And it will...

> * A trivial bugfix (like a one-line diff), tested and confirmed to fix the 
> bug by at least one person. The risk of breakage is extremely low.

Again: go up. Breakage always happens to somebody else. That one person
tested the fix is not enough.



Matthias