[development] Intelligent use of time (Re: Perm for setting RTBC

[Earnie Boyd]

Quoting Gerhard Killesreiter <gerhard at killesreiter.de>:

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> Augustin (Beginner) schrieb:
>> On Tuesday 03 July 2007 01:29, Gerhard Killesreiter wrote:
>>>> 1) won't fix 2 issues for 4.6
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>> This actually illustrates my point.
>> Once an issue is in the RTBC queue, every other developper assumes 
>> it is your
>> responsibility to deal with.
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> Whose? Mine? I think it is everybody's responsibility to look at the
> queue, regardless of the status.
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I understand your statement in regard to the fact that RTBC can be set 
by anyone.  However, RTBC status gives the impression that the code has 
been reviewed, tested, and is waiting on the committer to commit.  It 
does not lend itself toward thinking that more review is worth while.  
Perhaps a voting system for RTBC where the reviewer/tester gives a vote 
and X votes moves the status to RTBC.  Once the status RTBC is given it 
is ready for the next release.  If the RTBC happens prior to code 
freeze then that patch should be considered as part of the upcoming 
release.

Earnie