John Sonnenschein wrote: > Jim Walker wrote: >> Shawn Walker wrote: >>>>> >>>>> However, one size does not fit all, and that should also be >>>>> recognized. >>>>> >>>>> Not every package should have to have a spec file; trusted members >>>>> should be able to deliver to a staging server for review directly. >>>> Exactly! >>>> >>>> I'm not arguing that the process must fit everything always, just >>>> that the process ought to streamline the stuff that does fit in to >>>> the mold ( if you can build a .spec file, it shouldn't require human >>>> intervention ), but if you are a special case ( weird build >>>> instructions, binary only ) a little bit more oversight is necessary >>> >>> Then Huzzah!; we're in agreement. >>> >> >> Two key points we have consensus on. >> >> o We need to support multiple approaches to building packages >> o We need to track who contributed the package >> >> People who submit "bad" packages do so at the risk of hurting their >> reputation, which is all you got when you are an open source developer. >> This alone has a very positive impact on quality. >> >> Cheers, >> Jim > > Yes, but just for clarification what I'm looking for as a user of the > system ( that is, do I want to trust OpenSolaris at all ) is: > > * that the person is already vetted as being a positive developer > somehow ( either active in some other project, or have submitted a bunch > of automated .spec packages already ), through community assent ( the > +1's ) > > * packages that don't fit the mold ( not .spec files for whatever reason > ) be given a pretty good rationale as to why it is they're not > submitting in the proper format ( "I don't know how" is not good reason. > "because win32codecs are binary, and the ones I'm uploading are directly > from upstream" is ) and the reason is given the okay as being rational > by the same people above > > if this means that random joeuser1225 ( joined: 3 days ago ) can't > upload win32codecs.pkg, or error404 (John Sonnenschein ) can't upload > gimp_x86_binary.pkg, so be it.
This all seems very reasonable to me. -- Shawn Walker _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
