I think it would be a good idea to ensure that there is at least someone on
call to help new gardeners if they have questions or find themselves in a
mess. I know I just asked dglazkov whenever I wasn't sure what to do, but
he'd probably appreciate not being the only designated knowledgeable person.
:-)
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Glenn Wilson <gwil...@chromium.org> wrote:
> I'll take the action item to remove anyone in the rotation who is not
> actively working on Webkit / is not a committer.
>
> In the past, I've floated the idea in the past of having a "Webkit deputy"
> who helps the gardener keep the canary green. I'm not sure if that would
> help, though.
>
> Regards,
> Glenn
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 8:40 AM, David Levin <le...@chromium.org> wrote:
>
>> I find that being a WebKit gardener is always dancing on a minefield
>> regardless of my familiarity with the WebKit code base. Look at yesterday
>> for an example.
>> In addition, we have several gardeners who are not actively working on
>> WebKit (amanda@ has 0 WebKit commits, pinkerton@ has a few all in 2008).
>>
>> Lastly, can we add anyone to the rotation who has ideas how WebKit
>> gardeners should/can do their job better? (This will help them in getting
>> more ideas.)
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Dimitri Glazkov
>> <dglaz...@chromium.org>wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Mike Pinkerton <pinker...@chromium.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> >> It is hard to be a WebKit gardener if you do not have WebKit commit
>>> access.
>>> >> Sometimes the gardener has to commit a quick bustage fix upstream or
>>> roll
>>> >> back a fellow Chromium committers change to WebKit.
>>> >> -Darin
>>> >
>>> > Correct, it is hard, but many/most of us who are webkit
>>> > sheriffs/gardeners are not webkit committers (for example, the entire
>>> > mac group). I don't understand your point. Are you saying that only
>>> > webkit committers should be on the webkit sheriff rotation?
>>>
>>> In my experience, better familiarity with WebKit code base is a huge
>>> advantage for a gardener. I am almost tempted to say that if you're
>>> not actively working on WebKit, being a gardener will be a foreign and
>>> "dancing-on-a-minefield"-type task.
>>>
>>> :DG<
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> >
>
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