Re: Bug Squad Rota

[David Kastrup]

Eluze <address@hidden> writes:

> Ralph Palmer-3 wrote
>> I have a request to make. I live in the eastern U.S., and at least some of
>> the Bug Squaders appear to live in Europe. My usual (most reliable) time
>> on
>> the computer on the weekend is in the morning. As a result, I frequently
>> don't have any bugs to evaluate when I get up on Saturday morning, and I
>> frequently don't get back to the Bug List until Sunday morning. By that
>> time, someone in Europe has usually snagged my Saturday bugs. In the
>> interest of equity of labor, I'm requesting that someone who has one of
>> the
>> weekdays (where I'm more often at the computer later in the day) switch
>> with me. If no one wishes to switch, I can stay on Saturday, but I
>> probably
>> won't catch as many bugs as I ought.
>
> hi Ralph + the other bug squad members
>
> I'm leaving in Europe and I'm probably one of the snagging/cherry-picking
> ones (but I never intended to take something away from anybody, I just think
> that users are happy to get quick answers and when I think I got the answer
> I usually reply)
>
> of course I understand it's someway frustrating to reserve time to work on
> the lists and then to get aware that everything (or nearly) has already been
> done.

Would it be an option for you to try managing the countdowns
before/rather than "snagging"?  We don't yet have somebody taking over
from Colin, and you at least have some experience with issue reports.

-- 
David Kastrup