From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: rgm@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Why wasn't the 25.3 release based on the then-head of the emacs-25 branch?
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 15:44:36 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e459887e-403d-a5b7-d1ec-b8d2a8b49267@cs.ucla.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83y3pdi21z.fsf@gnu.org>
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> That time included the time to make the tarball and test it.
If making the tarball and testing it takes 1.5 days, then that was 20% of the
overall delay last time, and there is good opportunity for speeding up the
process. Such a process should take minutes, not hours.
> How can people outside of
> the project be charged with reviewing our bugs and patches?
These are people quite knowledgeable about security and software maintenance.
They can be a good source for security reviews. It's another set of eyes, with
an outside perspective, and that is helpful.
> why wouldn't those people speak up here
> and work with us within our procedures?
They're busy. Also, we haven't exactly been soliciting or welcoming their input.
The most recent emergency release had a bit of an NIH feel about it.
> No one was arguing for additional bureaucracy. What we need is data
> and procedures
Whatever it's called it's more work, and we lack the resources to do it. Maybe
we can look at two disparate releases (Debian and Fedora, say). Above that there
are diminishing returns. Outside reviewers could help here (some are Fedora
experts).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-09-17 22:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-09-14 20:30 Why wasn't the 25.3 release based on the then-head of the emacs-25 branch? Glenn Morris
2017-09-15 3:24 ` Paul Eggert
2017-09-15 6:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-09-15 21:26 ` Tim Cross
2017-09-16 7:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-09-15 23:39 ` Glenn Morris
2017-09-16 7:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-09-16 20:20 ` Paul Eggert
2017-09-17 2:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-09-17 5:14 ` Paul Eggert
2017-09-17 14:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-09-17 17:40 ` Paul Eggert
2017-09-17 18:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-09-17 22:44 ` Paul Eggert [this message]
2017-09-18 15:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-09-18 17:10 ` Paul Eggert
2017-09-18 17:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
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