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[Gary Poster <gary.poster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 11, 2009, at 8:41 AM, Guilherme Salgado wrote:

> On Thu, 2009-09-10 at 19:56 -0400, Barry Warsaw wrote:
> > On Sep 10, 2009, at 7:24 PM, Karl Fogel wrote:
> >
> > > A more important question: what exactly is the utility of the  
> > > topic in
> > > #launchpad-reviews?  How are we using it; why do people scan it?   
> > > (Not
> > > facetious questions -- the answers really are not obvious to me, and
> > > I'm
> > > wondering if articulating them might shed some light here.)
> >
> > We use it to coordinate work among several ocr's so that it's
> > instantly clear who's doing what.
>
> We now have that claim-review button on a BMP, which, AIUI, assigns a
> reviewer to it and takes it away from the 'Branches you can review'
> list, unless you're the one who's claimed it.
>
> If we use it then the topic won't be needed for coordination purposes.

I have used the topic to remind me of the url of the in-Launchpad  
review queue ('Branches you can review'), though I see that link has  
disappeared again. :-/

The claim-review button is very nice, and I use it, but I'm not sure  
it replaces the topic.  I find the topic to be useful when I want a  
review to see how booked the reviewers are, and if my requested review  
is going to be coming up soonish in the queue.

As a reviewer, the topic also separates the immediate "please do it  
now, because I'm around on IRC" review requests from the "when you get  
around to it, because I might not be around" review requests in the LP  
queue.

Gary