Dear Karan, >>> As a part of the contrib acceptance process, can we spread the load a >>> bit by saying that anyone who wants to submit a package, must also find >>> someone else ( other than their sponsor ) to write a set of acceptance >>> tests[1] for their package. >> >> A process like this could easily be handled through package reviews >> via bucktracker. Maybe there is need of adding a 'review request' >> category. > > I am sure we can work out a usable process once we have a target in > mind. At the moment, my concern is purely around the idea of writing > these tests and what ( if anything ) people had to say about these. > > btw, I think a bugtracker is good for tracking bugs. nothing more than > that. Tools like mingle, redmine, gitorious etc are much better at > handling coding related flow metrics / progress. Fedora is using the bugzilla as bugtracking platform for quite a while without any problems. Best Regards Marcus