On 09/24/2011 03:44 AM, Emmanuel Noobadmin wrote:
By the time the devs are already spinning the release, they don't have time to get new people familiarized with the process so they are only willing to do it during the lull period between releases.
one thing that always helps, and can be done totally out of band - with results that directly impact what is coming through is : write tests.
A good place to start is : http://wiki.centos.org/QaWiki/AutomatedTests
And remember, you can write them in bash too ( which is what most of them are in right now ).
Pick an area of the distro you care about the most, write a few tests around individual rpms to check that they work, and have the right sort of functionality. then move onto doing more 'role' level stuff.
- KB