/usrmove?

Harald Hoyer harald at redhat.com
Fri Feb 10 11:51:52 UTC 2012


Am 10.02.2012 12:38, schrieb Miloslav Trmač:
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Harald Hoyer <harald at redhat.com> wrote:
>>> I really don't know why the REAL ACTIONS on this feature were started
>>> that late in F17 release cycle - several months after branching.
>>
>> Because politics took so long.
> 
> Which part exactly?
> 
> * Half of July 2011! The feature page was created
> 
> * Sep 29: Marked as ReadyForWrangler
> * Oct 27 (+~1 month!): First reviewed by Feature Wrangler
> * Nov 07 (+11 days): Approved by wrangler, on agenda for FESCo
> * Nov 21 (+14 days): After much discussion, feature approved
> 
> * Nov 14 (+7 weeks since feature proposed!, +7 days on FESCo agenda):
> FESCo asked for FPC review
>   (AFAICT, feature owners typically include FPC review in scope of
> their features themselves)
> * Nov 21 (+7 days): FPC review initiated by FESCo
> * Dec 8 (+2.5 weeks): Final FPC approval, RPM changes requested
> 
> * Dec 15 (+2.5 months since feature proposed!, +3.5 weeks since
> feature approval): ProvenPackager requested
> * Jan 3 (+3 weeks): First ProvenPackager approved
> * Jan 9 (+3.5 weeks): Second ProvenPackager approved
> 
> * sometime after Jan 15 (+5.5 weeks since FPC asked for RPM changes!):
> rel-eng contacted
> * Jan 27 (+ <=2 weeks): rel-eng brings objections to FESCo
> * Feb 2 (+ 1 week): objections resolved
> 
> * Jan 24 (+2 months since feature approval! +7 weeks since FPC
> approval! +13 days since second ProvenPackager): first feature-related
> commits to Fedora git
> 
> I'll grant you that the politics took some time, sometimes more time
> than would be desirable, but most of the multi-month delays are
> directly attributable to not even giving the politics a chance to
> start.
>    Mirek

I would say 7 weeks since FPC approval is a reasonable time frame for such a change.


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