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Outdated ebuild reporting system |
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Why |
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Reporting outdated ebuilds via bugzilla is in my opinion not the best |
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solution. |
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An outdated port isn't really a 'bug' and so there are many obsolete |
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reporting fields when posting a too old ebuild. The process should be |
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handled on its own, more efficient and specific way. |
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Concept |
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A pinboard-like list that shows the developers outdated packages. |
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For this we need a form with: |
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* dropbox for the package category |
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* dropbox for the packagename itself (perhaps incl. version?) |
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* textbox for the target-version |
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- This will be compared with the portage version. |
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If the target-version and the portage version the same, the |
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entry will |
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be deleted. This helps to decrease the 0-days-spam. See below. |
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There should be a page before this form with a software-news-ticker, |
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like the Freshmeat RSS feed, and a note that nothing should be posted |
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that is listed here. |
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This will prevent at least some of the 0-days-spam. |
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Also a textfield where users have to agree with the conditions: |
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18:06 <ciaranm> include a textbox into which the user must type |
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"I am not spamming. I have left this for at least |
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a week following the announcement. I have checked |
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that the package is not already in the tree. I have |
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searched for existing bugs." |
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Good idea. :) |
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Problems |
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* 0-days-spammer |
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People who post all the most current news on freshmeat or other |
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announcements. Noone needs this, the devs can read for themselves. |
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To avoid 0-days-spamming there is the textbox ciaranm thought of. |
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* Endless list growing |
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To prevent the list from growing up like hell, there should be a |
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mechanism that compares the list entrys' target-versions with the |
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portage-version and removes the entry if the package is uptodate. |
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* More staff needed |
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Despite the autodeletion of uptodate packages there has to be |
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someone attending the list. Remove real spam or uptodate packages |
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where the targetversion is principally right but not in the correct |
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format, so the autodeletion doesn't match. |
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This is still expandable. This document will be updated at: |
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http://hnaz.exa-ds.com/files/update-pinboard.txt |
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For suggestions mail at: |
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hannes <hnaz@×××××××××××.org> |
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