<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Otto <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:otto@ottodestruct.com">otto@ottodestruct.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Chip Bennett <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net">chip@chipbennett.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> If I'm reading him correctly, I think Phil's point was that we're not seeing<br>
> Theme developers trying to assign-and-accept their own Theme tickets in<br>
> order to facilitate a faster review for an updated Theme, but rather to<br>
> bypass the review process entirely.<br>
<br>
</div>Oh... Yeah, okay, that interpretation makes much more sense. :)<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Just FYI: as of Sunday, the average age of New/Unassigned tickets was only<br>
> 3.76 days. We're getting *much* better at turning reviews around in a more<br>
> timely manner.<br>
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</div>What else could help? What tools are needed? What tools do you find<br>
yourself using a lot?<br>
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-Otto</font></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The one thing that will really start paying dividends is the prioritization of Themes by status, and division of labor. Just as Phil is focusing on tickets for updates to already-reviewed-and-approved Themes, I'm focusing on First-Timers. Phil can do a cursory diff-review, while I can focus on in-depth, thorough reviews.</div>
<div><br></div><div>So, hopefully, this will help reduce the repetitive submission of Themes, thereby reducing both the workload and the tact time.</div><div><br></div><div>As for other tools: you guys are covering that pretty well in IRC. Could you perhaps add a list to <a href="http://themereviews.wordpress.com/">http://themereviews.wordpress.com/</a> ? That way, we can keep track of what we've asked of you, and what you've been able to implement?</div>
<div><br></div><div>(Use of that P2 blog is a bit of an experiment. If there's a better way, feel free to throw it out there!)</div><div><br></div><div>Chip</div></div>