Re: Using Bugzilla for freeze break requests?

[Matthias Clasen <matthias clasen gmail com>]

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net> wrote:
> Heya,
>
> After having to send in another code freeze break request e-mail, I
> realised that the process is problematic. Apart from the release team
> and the patch sender, nobody else knows about the freeze break request,
> or about the status of the request.
>
> I think that, at the very least for GNOME 3.4 onwards, we should switch
> to using a keyword in bugzilla, and the release-team, docs team and i18n
> teams can monitor newly request breaks, through RSS feeds (the design
> team does that), and get the keywords cleared when the freeze break has
> a result.
>
> That means that there's no problems with the timeline (patches that go
> in before the request got accepted for example), accountability and
> traceability, as well as visibility for the bugsquad and QA teams in
> downstream communities.
>
> Opinions?
>

I'm in favour of anything that makes the process more transparent and
less annoying.
Of course, one of the main purposes of freezes is to slow down the
commit rate, so some annoyance will have to remain as a deterrent...