[CentOS-devel] Re: testing / qa process

Fri Oct 13 22:01:34 UTC 2006
Christoph Maser <cmr at financial.com>

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Rex Dieter schrieb:
> Karanbir Singh wrote:
> 
>> Dear centos-devel'ers,
>> The strategy to release testable rpms to dev.centos.org, then request
>> feedback and move the rpms to stable, when we have enough positive -
>> isnt working. We're not getting that feedback, either positive or
>> negative. 
> ... 
>> So the issue :
>>
> 
> 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.
> 
> -- Rex
> 

How about a simple interface to also give positive feedback, perhaps one
point why there is not much feedback is that there are not many
problems? Maybe a simple tracking system where people can click on
"works for me" for each package they use.

Chris
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