[Dev] Rotating build sheriff duties?

[John Anderson]

It seemed like there was consensus for automating the tasks a sheriff 
would do. If the sheriff spent their time working on automation instead 
of being sheriff, how long do you think it would be before we wouldn't 
need a sheriff?

Heikki Toivonen wrote:

>Andi Vajda wrote:
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>>>And still there are cases that I don't think can be automated, so I
>>>don't see how humans could be completely eliminated from the loop.
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>>>In any case, building all of the infrastructure is going to take time.
>>>We have a need for the sheriff now.
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>>How about hiring one ?
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>Being a sheriff should normally take less than 20% of your work day,
>even with the tools we have now. The time is somewhat scattered, though,
>so you'd be limited in what you could do the rest of the time (assuming
>you can't switch contexts fast). So I can't think of a way to justify
>hiring anyone for that position when we can do it on a rotating duty
>with such a minimal impact.
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