Re: Debian doesn't have to be slower than time.
On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 06:04:11PM -0700, Joel Baker wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 07:19:52PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 10:36:07PM +0100, Peter Makholm wrote:
> > > "Joel Baker" <lucifer@lightbearer.com> writes:
> > >
> > > > * Why does Debian take so long to release?
> > >
> > > Because people would rather discuss this subject than fix release
> > > critical bugs?
> > >
> >
> > Amen to that. Fixing the bugs is the main thing that will get a release
> > out the door. Our Release Manager basically gave us free reign over
> > fixing RC bugs (well, within logic limits outlined in the same document,
> > posted to debian-devel-announce). Nothing stops non-developers from
> > making patches, going through and testing bugs to duplicate them.
> >
> > No sort of process, policies or mechanisms is going to make fixing bugs
> > go any faster, other than people actually doing it.
>
> That is correct. It is also why I didn't propose any way to make fixing
> bugs faster.
>
> I proposed a way of avoiding the situation in the first place.
How do you stop bugs from being introduced? Do you propose that we not
allow developers to do any work?
Note that the testing scripts prevent RC bugs from entering "testing" in
as much of an automated was as possible. There's nothing else we can do
to prevent bugs, other than not doing any work.
Ben
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