Get final merges in to Ubuntu Docs

[Benjamin Kerensa]

So I spoke with Lyz this morning she agrees with you and Doug but I still
think its a risk. The stats you shared likely reflect commits that had
already been peer review in Gnome of which Jeremy was also a contributor so
peer review downstream for merging from upstream did not make as much sense
in those cases.



On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Kevin Godby <godbyk at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Benjamin Kerensa <bkerensa at ubuntu.com>
> wrote:
> > The MP route is not optional it is a convention of open source
> development
> > and a process in Ubuntu that all teams follow.
>
> Whether MPs are mandatory or not is determined by each individual
> project. Neither Launchpad nor bzr impose such a constraint. It's a
> matter of policy.  Not all teams use MPs.  For example, the Ubuntu
> Manual project allows all contributors to commit directly to the bzr
> branch without mucking about with MPs.
>
> > 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.
>
> And we've seen the result of that.
>
> Here are some numbers that I think disprove your case:
>
> raring: 212 commits, 6 merge proposals
> quantal: 203 commits, 1 merge proposal
> precise: 157 commits, 20 merge proposals
> oneiric: 85 commits, 6 merge proposals
> natty: 653 commits, 4 merge proposals
> maverick: 592 commits, 1 merge proposal
>
> As you can see, merge proposals are a rare occurrence for ubuntu-docs
> and appear to only be used by contributors that are unable to commit
> directly to the repository. The vast majority of the commits are made
> directly to the repository, bypassing the MP process.
>
> To be clear, I think using MPs is a good practice in general, but at
> the moment it will only be a hindrance and result in poorer quality
> documentation for Ubuntu 13.10.
>
> —Kevin
>



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