Re: A "cosmetic changes" commit that removes security fixes

[Leo Famulari]

On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 12:16:13AM +0200, Leo Prikler wrote:
> However, in taking more time to let patches sit on the
> mailing list, I fear that I might come off as "unwilling" to those
> contributors, whose work I help review, including Raghav, and also that
> my involvement in some patch discussion tells other committers "don't
> worry, I got this, do something else".

That's exactly how I think of it. If a committer is reviewing some
patches and wants advice from somebody else, please CC somebody or ask
on IRC.

> Being 3 GNOME releases and one c-u merge late, there isn't much
> room to allow for fuck-ups, and as we all know, that's when most of
> them happen.

We are well aware of the dangers of rushing. It's why I did not try to
include core-updates in the upcoming release, despite it being way
overdue.