On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Michael Hudson <[email protected]> wrote: > Michael Hudson wrote: >> Christian Robottom Reis wrote: >>> I finally got around to reviewing >>> >>> https://dev.launchpad.net/PolicyAndProcess/ReleaseManagerRotation >>> >>> and >>> >>> https://dev.launchpad.net/BuildEngineer >>> >>> They both look good (after some minor edits by me <wink>). I just wanted >>> to ask two things: >>> >>> a) Why does one page end in Rotation and fall under >>> PolicyAndProcess, and the other not? >> >> Dunno, it's a wiki, so it would be unnatural if it wasn't random and >> inconsistent? >> >>> b) How is the BuildEngineer rotation going this cycle? >> >> I think it's going pretty well. The role is quite stressful in some >> ways, with lots of things that take far longer than you'd think and >> fighting with systems that no-one really understands any more. > > Oh, I guess I should say that I find this part of the role: > > * Monitor the buildbot and ensure smooth operation of builds. > o This means monitoring the builders and making sure that somebody is > assigned to fixing any build failures or errors as they arise. > > to be perhaps not be the greatest idea, mostly because build failures > need to be fixed *now*, not when the build engineer wakes up, and also > because I think part of the point of being the BE is that it allows you > to get away from being distracted by the 1001 things we all have > pressing at us constantly. > > Systemic issues that affect the reliable functioning of buildbot should > of course be very high priority build engineer issues -- but that's not > the same thing. > > There's room for debate here I guess. >
Well, there's always room for debate. However, I very strongly agree with your preceding points. jml _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
