Re: Build sheriffs for GNOME

[Michael Catanzaro <mcatanzaro gnome org>]

On Fri, 2016-01-22 at 13:32 -0600, Michael Catanzaro wrote:
> Ah, yeah, we should not be reverting entire large sequences of
> commits... I agree that would be excessive. In cases like this, we
> can
> tag your module in Continuous and branch it in jhbuild, until other
> modules have caught up with your API changes. Build sheriffs should
> try
> the least-disruptive option possible to get things fixed.

We could also keep a list of maintainers who request that we not touch
their modules directly, so we know to branch and tag your module when
something breaks instead of committing to it directly. I suspect not
many maintainers will opt-in to this, but you've made it clear there is
demand!

Michael