No answer to easy bug policy

[Lyos Gemini Norezel]

Hans de Goede wrote:
> Hmm,
>
> First of all, I agree that non-repsonsive ness to easy bugs and / or 
> bugs with patches attached is an issue.
>
> But I'm not sure this is a good solution. There are really 2 problems 
> here:
> 1) The person responsible for the package is letting these bugs linger
> 2) Others do not fix it, even though they could, because they are afraid
>    of stepping on each other's toes, as you correctly point out.
>
> I feel that your policy completely fails to address 2), whereas that 
> might be one of the more important points. For example I don't mind 
> other people touching my packages _at all_, which can be seen from 
> there ACL's. So we could have a policy that says that "easy fixes" 
> (whatever the definition) may be done by anyone with CVS extras 
> without a prior headsup, when the ACL's allow it. IOW, codify in 
> policy that the ACL signals how much a developer minds other people 
> touching his packages.
>
> Another possible solution would be a I don't mind my toes getting 
> stepped on list in the wiki.
>
> Regards,
>
> Hans
>
How about both? A list in the wiki... AND ACLs.
I like this solution alot more than Rahul's proposal.
Lyos Gemini Norezel