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[Robert Collins <robertc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

First off, let me say a huge thank you to the folk who have been
working the merge queue
(https://code.launchpad.net/launchpad-project/+activereviews) during
their OCR stints.

I spent today going through all the needs-review proposals and trying
to action them (in any of a variety of ways :P); we're now down to 9
needs-review bugs which are either actively getting changed by their
developers or genuinely need a review. This would have been incredibly
daunting if you hadn't been chipping away at it for a while now.

I hope we can sustain this and keep the needs-review set down to
approximately zero - like we have done with bug triage.

That said, we have 34 proposals that are approved and not landed.

I wonder if we should take a page from Bazaar and Ubuntu at this point
and increase the OCR program towards a patch pilot program.

The basic difference is that a patch pilot will actively fix up
proposals that are nearly-there rather than usually stopping when the
review is done. This is primarily relevant for non-paid contributors
who may have time constraints or knowledge limits and will benefit the
most from us investing in some assistance there.

The 34 approved-and-unlanded proposals include 7 from
non-canonical-launchpad contributors, so I think there is plenty of
stuff for a patch pilot to do.

OTOH perhaps we're sitting on a narrow equilibrium with the OCR
program, and don't have the bandwidth for the OCR's to also polish
patches. If thats the case, perhaps this is something the CHR rotation
could encompass?

I've not got a specific proposal at this point, just putting it out there.

-Rob