Martin v. Löwis wrote:
If a committer or triage person sets an issue to release blocker it should mean that they think the release manager should make a decision about that issue before the next release. That decision may well be that it shouldn't be a blocker.
I think it's (slightly) worse. For the release manager to override the triage, he has to study and understand the issue and then make the decision. In the past, that *did* cause delays in releases (though not in bug fix releases). So committers should be *fairly* conservative in declaring stuff release-critical. The release manager's time is too precious.
When I've kicked issues in the RM's direction for a decision, I've generally tried to make sure my last comment makes it clear exactly what decision I'm asking them to make. If I didn't want their opinion on some aspect of the issue I would just reject it, postpone it or commit it myself :) Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia ---------------------------------------------------------------