on Mon Jun 04 2007, "Gennadiy Rozental" <gennadiy.rozental-AT-thomson.com> wrote:
As an example on how bad things are: I would like to merge changes for 1.34.1 one at a time so that I can identify the change that broke something. With the current turn-around time, even when the system works as designed, this is impossible unless we aim for a X-mas release date.
IMO, this is not a responsibility of release manger *whatsoever*. Release manager have to release only the staff that is already tested. No testing, no merging. If I want my changes to be released I will invest time into making sure they passed all the tests.
I agree that testing and merging should be taken off the table as concerns for the release manager. IIUC, Beman's proposal does that. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com