I could support this change.
> On Sep 24, 2026, at 12:46 PM, Caleb Rackliffe <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> ...and fixes from committers still require a committer review, just to remove
> any incentive for someone to push through silly things like ignoring tests
> that indicate real problems.
>
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2026 at 2:44 PM Caleb Rackliffe <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> I'm spinning this out of the other thread we have going right now on LLM
>> usage...
>>
>> I'd like to propose that we slightly change the way we deal with incoming
>> patches that only touch existing tests.
>>
>> Current Policy (and please correct me if I've misinterpreted our current
>> rules)
>>
>> Fixes from non-committer contributors that only touch existing tests in an
>> effort to stabilize them still require 2 committer reviewers before commit.
>>
>> Proposed Policy
>>
>> Fixes of this type from non-committer contributors only require one
>> committer review. CI verification of the effectiveness of the fix is still
>> required, etc.
>>
>> ...
>>
>> That's it. I'm just looking for ways to make small, reasonable changes that
>> might free up committer bandwidth for some of the larger, more earth-shaking
>> things happening right now.
