Re: [CentOS-devel] Re: testing / qa process

Rex Dieter wrote:

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The CentOS Project provides packages in addition to the packages from RH's sources. We need to ensure that these packages are tested in a user environment for a while, and only released to the public via the mirror.centos.org network once there is some reasonable surety as to the functional and bugs situation with the package.

Instead of blocking on (lack-of) feedback, I'd suggest considering something like:

1. Put pkgs in "testing"
2. If no bugs reported after X days/weeks, move out of testing

At least this way nothing gets perpetually stalled in testing.

we could go one better, and even attach a rule to count number of down loaders. Since dev.centos.org is not mirrored outside that 1 machine we can track the log trivially.

but is that something 'enough' to consider a package releasable ?