From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23381 invoked from network); 29 Dec 2003 17:29:59 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (128.193.0.39) by eagle.gentoo.oregonstate.edu with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP; 29 Dec 2003 17:29:59 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([128.193.0.34] helo=eagle.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Ab1DK-0007hz-Pt for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:29:58 +0000 Received: (qmail 18692 invoked by uid 50004); 29 Dec 2003 17:17:12 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 25613 invoked from network); 29 Dec 2003 17:17:12 +0000 Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:16:51 +0000 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Message-Id: <20031229171651.5cc62a4b@snowdrop.home> In-Reply-To: <200312291523.44286.pauldv@gentoo.org> References: <20031229040040.GC9146@tompayne.org> <200312291523.44286.pauldv@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.8claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="pgp-sha1"; boundary="Signature=_Mon__29_Dec_2003_17_16_51_+0000_aBgILHw7yne_ZrXC" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Dec 2003 17:17:25.0058 (UTC) FILETIME=[A0A6DA20:01C3CE2F] Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Please do not stabilize packages for arches you cannot test for X-Archives-Salt: 33195c59-ae9b-4082-a123-57fc574b0085 X-Archives-Hash: d54ffa67fabb4f96b8766cd28a0e8090 --Signature=_Mon__29_Dec_2003_17_16_51_+0000_aBgILHw7yne_ZrXC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 15:23:33 +0100 Paul de Vrieze wrote: | > Feedback please. I advocate this approach for 'minor' packages, i.e. | > nothing fundamental to the working of the system. It's more suitable | > for scripting language libraries and minor applications (e.g. | > obscure window managers). | | A more appropriate option would be to allow users to test packages | that have not been marked as broken on their arg and then have a | policy that if at least two users have reported a package as stable, | and an arch dev can compile it it will be marked testing, and stable | if it has no problems within a reasonable time period. This is basically how we do things for sparc already. For non-core packages with sane dependencies, if it is reported as working by a user (bugzilla or over irc) and it compiles then we'll usually keyword it up pretty quickly. This is how we handle a lot of the more obscure packages. "It works" reports are always welcomed :) -- Ciaran McCreesh Mail: ciaranm at gentoo.org Web: http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm --Signature=_Mon__29_Dec_2003_17_16_51_+0000_aBgILHw7yne_ZrXC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/8GGV96zL6DUtXhERAtkbAJ0SgG6rBkvJHh8oay37JSQqYIjYDQCgn+VK RM91I7/4EHo5dKh/yxi6fKs= =Bosv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Mon__29_Dec_2003_17_16_51_+0000_aBgILHw7yne_ZrXC--