On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 12:21:19 +0100, Santiago Vila wrote: > Do you mean it's better not to have a common rule for these bugs and > instead decide on a case by case basis? > > Could we please agree, at least, that this is RC in general and > maintainers should ask for stretch-ignore tag? I don't think > this is asking too much. > > The alternative is what it's currently happening: "Why bother to ask > for permission to use stretch-ignore tag when you can always downgrade > a RC bug to wishlist?" (Based on what they do, this is what some > maintainers seem to think). > The common rule is that FTBFS is serious. Then there's the real world, where e.g. some tests are timing-dependent and so don't always fail, but having them is still better than not, so if the failure rate is low enough I think a lower severity can make sense.
Cheers, Julien
