QA as a sub-project: draft 'governance' section for the wiki

[Peter Robinson]

On Mar 22, 2012 8:37 AM, Jóhann B. Guðmundsson <johannbg at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 03/22/2012 02:42 AM, Robyn Bergeron wrote:
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>> There is detail going all the way back to June 2006 about Fedora Testing
and Bugzappers and the formation of those groups as subprojects.
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>
> I'm very well aware of that and you can find my opinion on that matter
which is still unchanged after all those years.
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> I still think this was unwise of the people involved at that time both
the distinction from QA and the fact they though they where any different
from reporters
> ( you require exactly the same skill set ) but I listen and understood
and still understand why they felt they needed to do so in the first place
at that time.
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>
>> We can either accept that The Right Thing Was Done or we can suspect
that someone broke the rules and go hunting for a needle in a haystack for
the nitty-gritty details. I, for one, would prefer to assume that the folks
who were involved at that point in time, many of whom are still around in
one capacity or another, did the right thing, or had the best of
intentions.
>
>
> Nobody's questioning anyone's motive, the people involved felt they had
no other choice at the time so they where kinda forced into becoming a
"separated group" as you say.
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> I would hope that me and James managed to eliminate the underlying cause
which forced them to become a separated group/entity over the years and
they could be folded back into QA and we can work towards making reporting
and triaging part of the same process within the QA community.
>
> If we failed in that regard then the triagers should consider finish what
was started all those years ago and apply for their own mailing list,trac
instance etc. and finish that separation and finally become the "sub group"
of the project that so many think they are.
>

That sounds all very reasonable to me but ultimately that's got nothing to
do what so ever to do with this issue or the board. It's up to the relevant
projects, and even leaders within those projects, to reach out to each
other and sort the differences and to make the merge happen if it makes
sense.

Peter
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