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From: "Andreas K. Huettel" <dilfridge@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Things one could be upset about
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 15:43:35
Message-Id: 201501171644.59974.dilfridge@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Things one could be upset about by Patrick Lauer
1 > * AutoRepoman catches on average maybe 2 user-visible breakages.
2 > Fix: Make repoman faster (tree-wide scans take ~2 CPU-hours)
3 > Fix: Remind people that using repoman is not optional
4
5 Fix: Make more repoman warnings fatal. Please.
6 Fix: Make the QA team deliver a friendly but stern warning to people who don't
7 use repoman and thus commit crap. If repeated or blatantly wrong, revert [1].
8
9 Dream: If the git migration ever happens, make later git refuse pushes that
10 break the tree. (if only by pushing to a staging area first, which is then
11 automatically forwarded to the main tree if ok.)
12
13 > * AutoRepoman still runs on my hardware
14 > Fix: Remind infra of https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=484064
15 > * mail archives have been broken since 2012
16 > Fix: get infra to either fix it, or provide enough information that it
17 > can be fixed. See https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=424647#c27
18 > * git.overlays.gentoo.org only partially functional (web interface / cgit
19 > down)
20 > * euscan doesn't run on infra hardware
21 > Fix: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=453886
22 > * libreoffice-bin isn't built on infra hardware
23 > Fix: Remind infra to set up a build environment for that
24
25 Fix: Maybe accept more volunteers into infra?
26 It would be interesting to hear if/how recruiting of new infra members
27 progresses, in relation to workload.
28
29 [I don't buy the argument that the mail archives are unneeded, ever since I've
30 tried assembling a council agenda and half the relevant e-mails were missing
31 at gmane. AutoRepoman and irker are extremely useful and a direct help for all
32 developers.]
33
34 * Our main website is still stuck in the 90ies.
35 Fix: migrate all remaining projects to the wiki, then set up something new as
36 main page.
37 Willing to help out with the first step (generating the wiki pages) if people
38 are willing to accept help.
39
40 * We need a bit more Public Relations. Feeling a bit annoyed right now that we
41 still don't have a FOSDEM booth (maybe we should just occupy the ChromeOS
42 one).
43 Fix: Next year, start getting annoyed in time and annoy some fellow Europeans.
44 :]
45
46 [1] http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/dev-libs/libusbhp/ChangeLog?hideattic=0&view=log
47
48 --
49 Andreas K. Huettel
50 Gentoo Linux developer (council, kde)
51 dilfridge@g.o
52 http://www.akhuettel.de/