Re: [gentoo-server] Random thoughts about portage maintenance

[Martin Hajduch]

>A. REGISTERED USERS / TESTERS
>
>Let's say Gentoo creates new posts: registered users and/or registered
>testers. Ok, maybe there are few out there wanting to become a developer, but
>there are tons of users out there continously installing and testing Gentoo.
>Why don't take advantage of that? The developer task may take a lot of time,
>and may be not rewarded, but testing new software is something that people
>uses to do while they're studying, working, or even playing at home. Let's
>make them take a step further: become a registered user or tester that
>reports directly to Gentoo their success or failure, instead of just writing
>to some list saying they have a problem, or they've been successful while
>installing and using an ebuild.
>
>
interesting idea
if you follow the track a little bit further -> there are many users of 
gentoo quite experienced
in getting certain packages to run, using them for their work, etc ...
such users could take over support and/or ebuild maintenance for these 
packages;
this does not need an access to cvs at all

getting an updated ebuild into portage is not about 'cvs commit', it is 
about writing an ebuild,
and about testing it with cooperation of other users

i think that this could be automated very nicely; so that when it 
finally comes to gentoo developer (someone with
commit rights) he already sees patch/new ebuild, and list of people who 
positively confirmed that it is working
well on their systems

if he trusts the people doing all this work before him, it can be 
commited quite quickly i'd guess