> I add a showstopper to STATUS. One other person says "-1, that's > not a showstopper". By my interpretation of the rules, they CANNOT > demote it from showstopper until there are enough people who would > vote to release (more +1s than -1s). This means that in order to > demote it, there would have to be two -1s to offset my +1.
A showstopper is just an issue! Damnit guys, if you can't figure this out I am going to remove the whole category from STATUS as being obviously bad for your brain cells. A problem that is a showstopper is simply AN OPINION that there won't be a majority +1 approval of a release until it is fixed. Obviously, if there is *ANY* debate on whether or not something is a showstopper, then it doesn't belong in that category -- it doesn't become a showstopper until it has the effect of stopping the show. It is just an opinion until someone calls for a vote. The only person who can declare an issue as being a showstopper is the RM, since they are the one waiting until after the fix is made before creating a tarball. Otherwise, they are free to ignore *any* issue that doesn't involve an outstanding veto on HEAD. Those are the rules that we've lived by for a long time now, and there is no way in hell that I'll support the notion that anyone can stop a release without a formal vote. ....Roy
