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From: Alec Warner <antarus@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Keyword request interface (SoC candidate?)
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:43:07
Message-Id: b41005390802281343o1336523cr1b219c7763c9567a@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Keyword request interface (SoC candidate?) by "Santiago M. Mola"
1 cvs.gentoo.org:/var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/userrel/index2008.xml
2
3 Add it ;)
4
5 On 2/28/08, Santiago M. Mola <coldwind@g.o> wrote:
6 > I splitted this from the SoC thread so the possible discussion doesn't
7 > add noise to the original thread.
8 >
9 > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 7:32 PM, joshua jackson <tsunam@g.o> wrote:
10 > >
11 > > Google is once again doing the summer of code for students. I'm helping
12 > > organize it this year and am putting out a call for some elements to help.
13 > >
14 > > 1) We need idea's for things to do. Diego has already submitted some via
15 > > his blog which have been taken into consideration.
16 >
17 > A lot of users don't feel comfortable using Bugzilla and often are
18 > lost with our procedures for keyword (both ~ and stable) requests. I
19 > think we could use an easy web interface for requesting specific
20 > keywords for packages in a point-and-click fashion.
21 >
22 > So the user would just pick a package from the list, and check some
23 > boxes with the arch(es) she want to see in ~arch or stable. Then ATs
24 > could go for the ones that met the requirements, and even prioritize
25 > stabilisations depending on the number of users who have requested it.
26 >
27 > I've been talking about it with some users and everyone agrees that
28 > they would like to have such an interface...
29 >
30 > What do you think about? Would it be easy to integrate it with
31 > packages.g.o or should it belong somewhere else? Do you think this is
32 > a suitable project for SoC?
33 >
34 > Regards,
35 > Santiago
36 >
37 > --
38 > Santiago M. Mola
39 > Jabber ID: cooldwind@×××××.com
40 >
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43 >
44 >
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Keyword request interface (SoC candidate?) "Santiago M. Mola" <coldwind@g.o>