@Udo - I think Naba was asking why the original commit that broke the pipeline wasn't detected.
I think instead of a vote email, an email alerting the dev list that an override needs to take place is still good to have. If nothing else, to identify areas that we might be able to improve with additional coverage or checks. On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 12:40 PM Udo Kohlmeyer <ukohlme...@pivotal.io> wrote: > @Naba.. wrong thread :) > > We have real scenario here now, where we have no consensus on whether we > are allowed or not allowed to override.. Do we vote now? OR do we apply > common sense? > > TBH, at this junction we should really just do whatever we believe is > correct. A committer is appointed due to trust, so we should trust that > our committers will do the right thing. > > But the same trust that our committers would always do the right thing > has gotten us to this point where we don't trust.... > > MUCH bigger chicken-and-egg problem. > > I motion that we vote on this. I would also like to request all those > AGAINST the override to provide strategies for us to not shoot-ourselves > in the foot. (like Dan said) > > --Udo > > On 11/22/19 12:30 PM, Nabarun Nag wrote: > > Just out of curiosity, why did the PR checks for GEODE-7488 not fail and > > allowed it be merged? Is something lacking in our testing? > > > > On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 12:19 PM Dan Smith <dsm...@pivotal.io> wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 11:56 AM Owen Nichols <onich...@pivotal.io> > wrote: > >> > >>> Tallying the votes from this thread, it looks like the majority vote is > >> to > >>> NEVER allow override even in extreme circumstance. > >>> > >> I think a better way of summarizing this thread so far is that there > isn't > >> really a consensus on this point, opinions seem to be fairly split. This > >> wasn't a vote, and not everybody who expressed an opinion put a number > next > >> to their opinion or was directly aligned with the statement above. > >> > >> Maybe folks who think there should not be an override option could > propose > >> a specific process for dealing with issues like what Robert just did and > >> try to bring the rest of us on board with that? > >> > >> -Dan > >> >
