Following up with beat writers

[Oisin Feeley]

On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:10:01 +0200 (CEST), "Max Spevack"
<mspevack at redhat.com> said:

> An empty beat should not be included in the final issue, IMHO.  Part of 
> the process of moving from the Overview Page to the IssueXYZ page is to 
> cull un-written beats.
> 
> Here's how I'd use the beats table:
> 
> 1) as soon as an issue is released, an editor-type changes the date to 
> the next deadline day, and marks every beat as "INCOMPLETE".
> 
> 2) Beats that don't have a writer are marked as "NO WRITER".
> 
> 3) Beats that have a writer but aren't happening that week, for whatever 
> reason, are marked as "NOT HAPPENING".
> 
> 4) Beats that are in progress are marked "IN PROGRESS".
> 
> 5) Beats that are finished are marked "COMPLETE" along with a note to 
> list.

That sounds eminently sensible to me.  If there are no objections on
list from anyone in a couple of days then I'll update the workflow with
above.
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  Oisin Feeley
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