Stop backport.pl running as cronjob? (was Re: svn commit: r1764631 - /subversion/branches/1.9.x-r1721488/)

On 13 October 2016 at 10:59, <jcorvel_at_apache.org> wrote:
> Author: jcorvel
> Date: Thu Oct 13 08:59:07 2016
> New Revision: 1764631
>
> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1764631&view=rev
> Log:
> Resurrect the '1.9.x-r1721488' branch, to give backport.pl another
> chance to execute the correct backport commands, after backport mess.
>
I'm wondering if we really need backport.pl running as cronjob to
merge backports automatically to the stable branches? It's not a first
time when this automatic job performs invalid merges. And as far I
understand we still spend some time to babysit this tool, fix bugs
etc. What is wrong with old proven process by merging revisions
manually?

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Ivan Zhakov