On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 6:36 AM, Alex Shulgin <ash@commandprompt.com> wrote:
> Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> writes:
>> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Alex Shulgin <ash@commandprompt.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> In a real bug-tracking system we would create a new bug/ticket and set
>>> it's target version to 'candidate for next minor release' or something
>>> like that. This way, if we don't release unless all targeted bugs are
>>> resolved, this would be taken care of (hopefully.)
>>
>> Well yes, but the point is that that is not how the project works. I'm
>> asking how we do handle this problem at the moment, because I realised
>> I haven't seen this happen in the past (largely because I haven't been
>> paying attention).
>
> It only works as long as there is some mechanism to ensure that the bugs
> which were not submitted to commitfest are looked at. If there is no,
> then it doesn't work actually.
>
> So is there a real and reliable mechanism for that?
No.
There probably should be, but in the meantime adding it to the
CommitFest is better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.
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