25 Mar
2010
25 Mar
'10
3:35 p.m.
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Robert Ramey <ramey@rrsd.com> wrote:
Paul A. Bristow wrote:
If the maintainer appears missing (on holiday even), I'd favour quicker patching of bugs, after some discussion seeking agreement - or veto. ... In summary, many of the proposed "bug fixes" are not bugs but something else and the proponent doesn't understand this.
I think this would be dealt with adequately by a "non-missing" maintainer (e.g. responsive), who would close out, or reclassify the nonsensical tickets. I believe the key here is the lack of responsiveness by the maintainer. Jon