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On Sun, Jun 09, 2002 at 01:35:20PM -0400, Marko Mikulicic wrote: |
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> Paul de Vrieze wrote: |
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> >On Sunday 09 June 2002 08:41, Marko Mikulicic wrote: |
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> >> Alternatively I could write a dummy client which connects to the |
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> >>bugzilla like a webbrowser and automates the submission. |
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> >> (I suppose there is not a secure straight connection to the bugzilla |
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> >>backend) |
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> >> |
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> >The problem is not so much the submission itself, but what happens |
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> >afterwards. New ebuilds take a lot of time to be included in the tree (if |
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> >you have bad luck) |
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> This is why I thought it was better to group them, so at least they |
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> will get in all in once. |
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> >The new system tries to resolve that. |
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> What are the main reasions for this latency ? |
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> I imagine the package need to be tested somehow. |
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> How is this "new system" you are talking about ? |
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> How is the "old system", from a maintainer perspective ? |
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> What appens "afterwards" ? |
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> Wouldn't be nice if new ebuilds would committed to |
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> a middle place (purgatory) where they wait in a queue. |
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> But in the mean time audacious users could try the ebuilds |
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> (simply downloading them with ftp, or ebuild rsyinc-purgatory -> |
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> /usr/portage/purgatory) so at least they can be tested. |
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> Does it make sense ? |
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> Marko |
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Marko, I am not answering your question, but I also have |
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some similar ideas. |
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What about a rating system for ebuilds? |
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A brand new ebuild would start no votes and no rating |
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which indicates it is not been thoroughly used and hence |
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should only be used by those willing to deal with problems. |
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As more people use the ebuild, they rate it and it gets |
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more ratings. If the ratings are bad, people will know |
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to stay away from it. If the ratings are good, people will |
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known that the ebuild should not have problems. |
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I can't think of any reason why this would not work. If anyone |
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knows of one I would like to hear it. |
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Jeremiah Mahler |
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<jmahler@×××××××.net> |