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[Robert Collins <robertc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 11:07 PM, Jonathan Lange <jml@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey William,
>
> You asked me a question on IRC, but weren't around for my reply.
> Switching to the equivalent asynchronous forum.
>
> <wgrant> jml: Hi, how goes your QA?
> <wgrant> jml: QA delays block the whole team, so they should generally
> considered just about top priority.
>
> I've done the QA (about 21hrs ago), and marked the bug as "qa-bad" for
> reasons outlined on the bug report itself:
>  https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/973398
>
> I have also added a script that makes it dead simple for anyone else
> to QA the patch.
>
> If I've done this incorrectly, well, I did the best I could and raised
> my difficulties in learning how to do it properly on this mailing
> list.
>
> If QA delays block the whole team, I fail to understand why another
> person cannot step in and QA a patch on someone else's behalf.

The policy is that folk should QA anyones revisions, if they can.

-Rob