Get final merges in to Ubuntu Docs

[Benjamin Kerensa]

Kevin,

The MP route is not optional it is a convention of open source development
and a process in Ubuntu that all teams follow.

This is not something we can ignore. This was not something was ignored any
previous cycle even when Jeremy was reviewing all the MP's single handedly.

On Sep 12, 2013 8:46 PM, "Kevin Godby" <godbyk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi, Stephen.
>
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 10:11 PM, Stephen M. Webb
> <stephen.webb at canonical.com> wrote:
> > I respectfully disagree.  I have never worked on a project that is not
short of time and people.  The "get as much done
> > as possible" has to include following the proper steps to make sure a
second set of eyes reviews every change.
> >
> > The engineering side of Ubuntu has spent the last few cycles ensuring
quality of the technical side of the project
> > through processes such as mandatory peer reviews of all changes and
extensive automated testing.  It would be a shame if
> > the documemntation side did not reflect that.
> >
> > Everyone involved needs to take the time to review some merge proposals
at least for grammar and spelling.  It's not an
> > onerous task.
>
> First, thanks for your input, I really appreciate it!  (I also noticed
> your MP and I'll take a look at getting that incorporated in soon,
> too.)
>
> To clarify my position, I'm suggesting that we forego the usual MP
> route for this cycle only due to the lack of time and personnel.  Once
> the documentation has been cleaned up this cycle, we can go back to
> the usual MP procedures for 14.04.
>
> A few tidbits of information may help illustrate the issues:
>
> For this cycle, there have been only two direct committers to the
> repository: me and Doug.  There are only 13 people currently
> authorized to commit directly to the repository.
>
> This cycle has seen only five merge proposals (including the one you
> just submitted).
>
> The bulk of the editing thus far has been done by Doug, John, and me.
>
> I'm only about halfway through the list of files to check against the
> GNOME docs.
>
> Our documentation is woefully out of date. It was last updated a year
> ago.  So we're committing a lot more changes than normal. That's a lot
> of diffs for someone to have to review.
>
> If I were to go through the MP process, I'd be waiting for Doug to
> review my changes and commit them.  And vice versa.  Doug and I
> correspond off-list quite frequently and keep a pretty close eye on
> what the other is doing as is, so it's not much of an issue at the
> moment.
>
> Those are the facts that I took into consideration in arguing for the
> temporary suspension of the MP process. I'm hopeful that things will
> settle down a bit after this cycle and we can get back to the regular
> MP process for 14.04.
>
> —Kevin
>
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