"Point 4 is also contradictive, high-priority bugs should also be fixed right away, without waiting for lower priority patches to be reviewed and regression solved in points 1-3."

I stopped submitting new bugs some time ago, because i`m fed up while observing them being starved to death in bugzilla. I might not have as much time as others, hence i prefer to spend it on something that will provide any added value to the project, like buildbot.

I`m glad the PATCH situation is bit better than through most of last year, but still, as you can observe: