2010/9/22 Andrew Flegg <and...@bleb.org>: > No matter the QA process, some developers will always feel that their > code is perfect and doesn't need to be tested - but developers make > rubbish testers of their own code. The challenge is to get the balance > right, and I'm fairly convinced that we're very close to the right > balance now.
Yes. One good thing that's also tested (or at least commented one) is that things like the application icon, application description and bug tracker link do get added eventually before the package lands in Extras. It's those "marketing" tasks (adding a nice icon and description - something that's not "functional", but still essential) that most developers won't do if the QA process gets shortened or simplified. We developers just have to get used to not being able to do "zero-day" releases into Extras. Most power users will use Extras-Testing, anyway, and the time from upload to -Testing is just a few hours if you promote right after upload. The testing QA process also allows to just sit back and relax after a release has been published while waiting for the package to enter Extras. It's still better than for example Ubuntu, where my package usually has a lag of ~ 6 months to 1 year in the official repositories (from release to upload to Debian and then merge into Ubuntu, taking into account all freeze periods, etc..). For lesser-used apps, there's no problem with them staying in -Testing for about month (this should provide enough time for a casual user to detect weird bugs or PM issues). The few users that want to use the app will happily enable -Testing or wait until it's available in Extras. Use talk.m.o or planet.m.o to let users know about your app and provide testing instructions and a link to the testing page. If you provide a nice screenshot of your app with an announcement, chances are more people will look at it (and try it out) than when you just fire-and-forget the source package into the repositories :) Thomas _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
