Rethinking proventester and critpath

[Bill Nottingham]

Ken Dreyer (ktdreyer at ktdreyer.com) said: 
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 6:06 AM, Nils Philippsen <nils at redhat.com> wrote:
> > Hm. The list of (implicitly labeled) critpath packages seems to have
> > proliferated recently
> 
> Why not impose a self-restriction on the number of critpath packages?
> Make a rule like "The ratio of proventesters to critpath packages must
> be x or higher". When the critpath numbers start creeping up, drop a
> few other packages from critpath. This will help focus testing
> efforts, and allow it to expand along with the growth of the
> community.

This then implies creation of a process that involves continual review of
the critpath package list, where it was designed to be able to be simply
computed without a lot of manual work.

Bill