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From: Jeremiah Mahler <jmahler@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Contribute many ebuilds at once
Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2002 07:25:38
Message-Id: 20020609122537.GA15971@bingo.localdomain
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Contribute many ebuilds at once by Marko Mikulicic
1 On Sun, Jun 09, 2002 at 01:35:20PM -0400, Marko Mikulicic wrote:
2 > Paul de Vrieze wrote:
3 > >On Sunday 09 June 2002 08:41, Marko Mikulicic wrote:
4 > >
5 > >> Alternatively I could write a dummy client which connects to the
6 > >>bugzilla like a webbrowser and automates the submission.
7 > >> (I suppose there is not a secure straight connection to the bugzilla
8 > >>backend)
9 > >>
10 > >
11 > >The problem is not so much the submission itself, but what happens
12 > >afterwards. New ebuilds take a lot of time to be included in the tree (if
13 > >you have bad luck)
14 > This is why I thought it was better to group them, so at least they
15 > will get in all in once.
16 >
17 > >
18 > >The new system tries to resolve that.
19 >
20 > What are the main reasions for this latency ?
21 > I imagine the package need to be tested somehow.
22 >
23 > How is this "new system" you are talking about ?
24 > How is the "old system", from a maintainer perspective ?
25 > What appens "afterwards" ?
26 >
27 > Wouldn't be nice if new ebuilds would committed to
28 > a middle place (purgatory) where they wait in a queue.
29 > But in the mean time audacious users could try the ebuilds
30 > (simply downloading them with ftp, or ebuild rsyinc-purgatory ->
31 > /usr/portage/purgatory) so at least they can be tested.
32 > Does it make sense ?
33 >
34 > Marko
35 >
36 > _______________________________________________
37 > gentoo-dev mailing list
38 > gentoo-dev@g.o
39 > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev
40
41 Marko, I am not answering your question, but I also have
42 some similar ideas.
43
44 What about a rating system for ebuilds?
45
46 A brand new ebuild would start no votes and no rating
47 which indicates it is not been thoroughly used and hence
48 should only be used by those willing to deal with problems.
49 As more people use the ebuild, they rate it and it gets
50 more ratings. If the ratings are bad, people will know
51 to stay away from it. If the ratings are good, people will
52 known that the ebuild should not have problems.
53
54 I can't think of any reason why this would not work. If anyone
55 knows of one I would like to hear it.
56
57 --
58 Jeremiah Mahler
59 <jmahler@×××××××.net>

Replies

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Contribute many ebuilds at once Marko Mikulicic <marko@××××.org>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Contribute many ebuilds at once Markus Krainer <markus-krainer@××××××.at>