From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ipx11328.ipxserver.de (e29.de [212.112.229.153]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j4NHBYs0013387 for ; Mon, 23 May 2005 17:11:34 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ipx11328.ipxserver.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 868343B9496 for ; Mon, 23 May 2005 19:11:42 +0200 (CEST) Received: from ipx11328.ipxserver.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ipx11328 [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 11092-03 for ; Mon, 23 May 2005 19:11:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (p54A4AE6A.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [84.164.174.106]) by ipx11328.ipxserver.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6931D3B9494 for ; Mon, 23 May 2005 19:11:40 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 19:11:38 +0200 From: Johannes Weiner To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-dev] Pinboard of outdated ports Message-ID: <20050523171138.GA22313@neurogen> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="17pEHd4RhPHOinZp" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ipx11328.ipxserver.de X-Archives-Salt: 58b519c1-bec7-47b0-8dc3-ee5976d78c75 X-Archives-Hash: a4a345ce9a3d6647715e35dc80fa8f36 --17pEHd4RhPHOinZp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Outdated ebuild reporting system -------------------------------- Why Reporting outdated ebuilds via bugzilla is in my opinion not the best solution. An outdated port isn't really a 'bug' and so there are many obsolete reporting fields when posting a too old ebuild. The process should be handled on its own, more efficient and specific way. Concept A pinboard-like list that shows the developers outdated packages. For this we need a form with: * dropbox for the package category * dropbox for the packagename itself (perhaps incl. version?) * textbox for the target-version - This will be compared with the portage version. If the target-version and the portage version the same, the entry will be deleted. This helps to decrease the 0-days-spam. See below. There should be a page before this form with a software-news-ticker, like the Freshmeat RSS feed, and a note that nothing should be posted that is listed here. This will prevent at least some of the 0-days-spam. Also a textfield where users have to agree with the conditions: =20 18:06 include a textbox into which the user must type "I am not spamming. I have left this for at least a week following the announcement. I have checked that the package is not already in the tree. I have searched for existing bugs." Good idea. :) Problems * 0-days-spammer People who post all the most current news on freshmeat or other announcements. Noone needs this, the devs can read for themselves. To avoid 0-days-spamming there is the textbox ciaranm thought of. * Endless list growing To prevent the list from growing up like hell, there should be a mechanism that compares the list entrys' target-versions with the portage-version and removes the entry if the package is uptodate. * More staff needed Despite the autodeletion of uptodate packages there has to be someone attending the list. Remove real spam or uptodate packages where the targetversion is principally right but not in the correct=20 format, so the autodeletion doesn't match. This is still expandable. This document will be updated at: http://hnaz.exa-ds.com/files/update-pinboard.txt For suggestions mail at: hannes --=20 Today is Pungenday, the 70th day of Discord in the YOLD 3171 --17pEHd4RhPHOinZp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCkg7K1heCLyOG8GcRAjE4AJ9k4ktKbbHmN1j89NMF0I2IRVXUmQCcDZG3 68XZ7uiHzNrkbchdufN9hII= =yHuc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --17pEHd4RhPHOinZp-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list