Re: [gentoo-dev] Handling of keywording bugs with only one arch

[William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org>]

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On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 08:11:50PM +0000, Jeremy Olexa wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:18:03 +0200, Petteri R??ty <betelgeuse@gentoo.org>
> wrote:
> > There seems to be two different schools on who to assign a keywording
> > bug with only a single arch. I have myself assigned it to the arch in
> > question but there's a difference of opinion here:
> > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=272160#c5
> > Let's get agreed on a single approach and I will add a note here:
> > http://devmanual.gentoo.org/keywording/index.html
> > I naturally support the approach I have been doing as I think the arch
> > team is the one in charge.
> 
> The "problem" with assigning bugs to arch teams is when the user comments
> on the bug after it is resolved. If the arch team is CC'd, they remove
> themselves when done and any comments after the bug is closed goes to
> someone that is interested. If the arch team is assigned, then the comment
> basically goes to /dev/null. So, if we are to improve the user experience,
> assign to maintainer and CC arch team.

This is a good enough reason for me to vote for assigning bugs to
maintainers and cc'ing arch teams.  This is the way  I was taught that
this should be handled, and this comment explains why.

Since all the arch team does is stabilize or keyword, the maintainer
needs to know if other issues come up with the bug after it is closed.

William


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