On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:10:53 +0200, SO (Stanislav) wrote: > Quoting Michael Schwendt (2012-04-26 18:36:51) > > So, what has been proposed before (years ago even) is for advanced > > packagers (aka "provenpackagers" or experienced packagers) to lower the > > hurdle and trust them more in that they know their stuff. They would not > > need to wait for somebody else (possibly a fresh packager) to > > review'n'approve a package or just its licensing. It's considered > > ridiculous by some that "senior packagers" still need approval for > > even simple new packages or package renames. > > I am a provenpackager and I would be *extremely* dissapointed if this > came to become a reality. Package review is a good thing, no matter how > skilled the packager is. I have packaged quite a few packages, mostly > Java ones (65 to be exact) and I still make mistakes! Guidelines change, > people miss things (such as bundling, licensing issues, wrong > permissions, etc.). I will put it bluntly: getting rid of package > reviews would be an incredibly stupid thing to do.
Package reviews would be _optional_ for provenpackagers, not mandatory anymore. You could still open a review request and wait for a reviewer. Especially for non-trivial packages. The bottom half of your paragraph misses the point completely, btw. We don't have a review process for packages _after_ package approval. Mistakes happen, and it's possible that with any unattended version- upgrade you would introduce mistakes. Does that imply you would want mandatory reviews for every commit in git? No. Hopefully not. ;) -- Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle) - Linux 3.3.2-8.fc17.x86_64 loadavg: 0.00 0.01 0.05 -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
