[Dev] Rotating build sheriff duties?

[Ted Leung]

My preferred path would be:

1. attempt automation (have human sheriff/wranglers while this is done)
2. see what cannot be automated
3. see if we can make up for that lack via a change in community  
behaviors/priorities
4. if 3 fails, have called out role (rotating or otherwise)

On Dec 7, 2005, at 8:42 PM, Katie Capps Parlante wrote:

> Phillip J. Eby wrote:
>> My take, then, is that we need not a rotating "build sheriff" but  
>> a rotating "tinderbox wrangler".  The difference being that the  
>> former is expected to enforce rules, and the latter is a co- 
>> ordinator for various technical issues and a temporary replacement  
>> for better monitoring tools in certain areas.  I don't mind being  
>> a tinderbox wrangler, but I really don't want to be a sheriff.
>
> My 2c...
>
> -1 to having a daily "rotating sheriff"
>    * negotiating the role day by day seems pretty painful
>    * I also prefer the connotation of someone helping identify and  
> resolve technical issues over rules enforcement
>
> +1 to periodically handing off the role of "tinderbox wrangler"  
> periodically to people willing to take on the role
>    * week at a time? month at a time?
>    * I'll add myself to the list of volunteers
>
> If others prefer a daily rotation, I'd play along. :)
>
> Cheers,
> Katie
>
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