Blocker bug process proposal: make FESCo blockers automatic

[Adam Williamson]

On Thu, 2014-07-10 at 23:53 -0500, Dan Mossor wrote:
> On 07/10/2014 03:54 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> > Hi folks! So, we have this Alpha release criterion:
> >
> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_Alpha_Release_Criteria#FESCo_blocker_bugs
> >
> > it was added back in 2013 -
> > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2013-June/116531.html -
> > to provide a documented process by which FESCo could designate bugs as
> > blocking the release. Practically, FESCo has always been able to do
> > this, but we didn't used to have a way of keeping track of it.
> >
> > It occurs to me that there's really no reason for FESCo-designated
> > blockers to go through the review process: there's really nothing to be
> > discussed, if FESCo says "we designate this bug as a blocker", then it's
> > a blocker. We don't need to propose and review it. So I suggest we
> > should amend the Automatic Blockers policy:
> >
> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_blocker_bug_process#Automatic_blockers
> >
> > with this additional bullet:
> >
> > * Bugs designated as release blockers by FESCo (see [[{{FedoraVersion|
> > long|next}}_Alpha_Release_Criteria#FESCo_blocker_bugs]])
> >
> > does this make sense to you all? Thanks!

> Makes sense. Make it so.

Done, thanks Dan etc. for the feedback. Kevin, can you pass on to FESCo
that this change has been made, and if they decide to designate a bug as
a release blocker, they can give it the 'AcceptedBlocker' whiteboard
field immediately? Thanks.
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