On Sat, 16 Aug 2003, Guillaume Rousse wrote: > I've spoken of overall quality, not of specific packages. And it's precisely > because Denis choose the reinvent the wheel from scratch instead of using and > extending contributer system than tools as rpmlint, distriblint and other are > impossible to use. >
Denis chose between doing it within the constraints imposed on him, or not doing it at all. > > The problem is that the person who uploaded them (fafane) seems to not > > actually test installation via urpmi. > May i remember you that this kind of problem is checked by upload script on > klama ? Requiring the user has shell access. Denis was prohibited from doing anything that would require shell access. Of course, maybe someone else at Mandrakesoft could have contributed to solving the problem in a more comprehensive way (including CVS etc), but maybe first they can start by making CVS for commercial packages spec files accessible to some people. > That it is also later checked by distriblint ? distriblint didn't exist then, and anyone who mirrors all the club suorces is free to run dstriblint, if they are prepared for retaliation from packagers who get enough spam as it is ... But if packages never need testing, none of us would run cooker, this could have been done right by the person who uploaded the packages, by at least testing on a 9.1 box to see if he could install all packages via urpmi with only main and club_test sources. Regards, Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 ****************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. ******************************************************************
