8.6 Patch handling

Note: This is not a Bug Squad responsibility; we have a separate person handling this task.

There is a single Patch Meister, and a number of Patch Helpers (rename this?). The list of known patches awaiting review is:

http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=2&q=label:patch&sort=patch

Helpers: adding patches

The primary duty is to add patches to the google tracker; we have a bad track record of losing patches in email. Patches generally come to the lilypond-devel mailing list, but are sometimes sent to bug-lilypond, lilypond-users, or frogs mailing list instead.

Helpers: Patch-review label

The secondary duty is to do make sure that every issue in the tracker with a Patch-review label has passed these “obvious” tests:

Patch Meister

The Patch Meister will:


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