Re: GOP-PROP 8: issue priorities (probable decision)

[Carl Sorensen]

On 8/10/11 10:46 AM, "Graham Percival" <address@hidden> wrote:

> I'm feeling pretty good about this one, with the exception of
> whether we should have a Type-ignorance or not.
> 
> In case you're wondering: yes, I am serious proposing that we
> elminiate priorities completely, and this is not a joke.  Nobody
> has objected yet, but if you don't think this is a good idea,
> please speak up.
> 
> 
> http://lilypond.org/~graham/gop/gop_8.html
> 
> ** Proposal summary
> 
> Let¹s get rid of priorities. We will simply describe bugs in
> neutral terms; each contributor can search and interpret the
> results as he or she sees fit.
> 
> We will make a ³Type-Critical²; a new stable release will only
> occur if there are 0 type-Critical issues.

It might be less work to only have 2 priorities:

Critical
Ordinary

Then we could continue to use the system as it exists now.

But I don't feel strongly enough about it to prevent prop 8 from passing.

Thanks,

Carl