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On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 11:42:56PM -0800, Ryan Finnie wrote: |
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> I'm still trying to figure out the reasoning behind this. If the idea |
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> is to not leave tickets open, what about the other 4758 open tickets? |
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> I would consider the most logical procedure for testing to be: |
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> 1. Version bump (or whatever reason), new version committed to cvs as |
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> ~arch. |
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> 2. User tests new version, opens a bug and reports success (or lack |
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> thereof). |
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> 3. More users test, commenting on original bug #. |
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> 4. If enough people report success (or enough time goes by after |
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> initial verification), ebuild is marked stable and bug is closed. |
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> |
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> I can't find any documentation of a process here, but this is what I |
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> gather: |
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> 1. Version bump (or whatever reason), new version committed to cvs as |
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> ~arch. |
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> 2. Somebody with cvs commit access stumbles on the ebuild sometime in |
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> the future, checks bugzilla, sees no problems submitted, and marks |
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> stable. |
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It is documented: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/policy.xml |
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under 'Moving package versions from ~ARCH to ARCH' |
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Quote |
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When a package version has proved stable for sufficient time and the |
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Gentoo maintainer of the package is confident that the upgrade will not |
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break a regular Gentoo user's machine, then it can be moved from ~ARCH |
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to ARCH. An indication of the package's stability would be no verified |
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or unresolved bug report for a month after the version's introduction. |
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For your case submitted that it works 1 day after the ebuild was placed |
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into the tree, that is not nearly enough time for it to be thoroughly |
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tested. Please also bear in mind that the developers keep some things in |
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~arch for other reasons than just stability or time, such as testing |
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specific features. |
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To re-iterate, it is not an 'OR' relation (as your item number 4) but |
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rather an 'AND' relation. In tree sufficent time AND no problems |
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reported. |
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