On 05-02-2017 13:40:40, Graham Christensen wrote: > Matthias Beyer <[email protected]> writes: > > I would like to ask whether it would be of any help if someone > > (for example me) would take all package-update PRs and cherry-pick > > these commits on a "package-update" branch which gets merged > > every... 7 days for example? > > I don't have any real opinions about this, but do have some questions: > > - Can you describe the advantages of this process?
Less noise on master, less to worry about by others, thus reducing overhead for others. > - Will you be vetting the correctness of the changes, or simply > aggregating them? I will simply aggregate them. I could, as long as I'm with my university, do a `nix-build` for each package, as long it is for x86_64 linux (the machines I have access to are debian with nix installed). But initially, the "I open PR on Saturday and ping pkg maintainers to review" step is meant for review/testing. -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Kind regards, Matthias Beyer Consider switching to free software. It adds value to your life. https://www.gnu.org/
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