+1 for the moratorium (not for the package) I have to concur. Without install-time dependencies, I would not attempt to have any of my packages promoted, and really can't vote for any other package with dependencies. The word from the team @ C1/J1 last week is that dependencies are only a couple weeks off, and I'm willing to wait for that.
ERR Amanda Waite wrote: > Why don't we put promotions on hold until the dependency issue is fixed? > > Ploticus will probably work ok without having any package dependencies > listed in its manifest as it seems to only depend on what I'll call > 'core' packages, but that's not really the point, is it? We probably > shouldn't be promoting packages just because they were fortunate > enough to work in spite of this bug. > > It's a community issue, what do others think? Should promotion be > based purely on the package working on a standard OpenSolaris build or > should all packages be required to correctly list any dependencies? > > Amanda > > > Mark Duggan wrote: >> Hi Josh, >> >> You might get a quicker response by posting to sourcejuicer-discuss. >> I just gave the package a +1. Now you another vote before promotion. >> >> Regards, >> >> Mark >> >> >> >> On 06/05/09 21:35, Josh Simons wrote: >>> Hi, Porters. >>> >>> Is a note to this list requesting promotion the correct way to move >>> a pkg >>> from pending to contrib? Is there anything else I need to do? >>> >>> Josh Simons >>> >>> >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> >>>> From: Josh Simons <joshua.simons at sun.com> >>>> Date: June 2, 2009 3:43:38 PM EDT >>>> To: sw-porters-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>> Subject: Request for promotion: Ploticus >>>> >>>> I've built Ploticus (http://ploticus.sourceforge.net) using >>>> SourceJuicer and >>>> have installed and tested the package on 2009.06. (The Juicer >>>> 'Install' link is >>>> excellent, BTW.) >>>> >>>> I had to apply some minor patches to the community tarball to fix a >>>> bug that prevented the package from being built correctly. The patches >>>> have been given back to the community and I hope to see them >>>> incorporated in the next community release. The bug was not >>>> peculiar to OpenSolaris. >>>> >>>> I am requesting: >>>> >>>> pkg:/ploticus at 2.41,5.11-0.101:20090601T230557Z >>>> >>>> be promoted to contrib. >>>> >>>> Review details: http://jucr.opensolaris.org/review/packages/429/ >>>> Build details: http://jucr.opensolaris.org/build/viewjob/1605/ >>>> >>>> Josh Simons >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> sw-porters-discuss mailing list >>> sw-porters-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/sw-porters-discuss >> >> _______________________________________________ >> sourcejuicer-discuss mailing list >> sourcejuicer-discuss at opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/sourcejuicer-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > sourcejuicer-discuss mailing list > sourcejuicer-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/sourcejuicer-discuss -- Eric Reid Staff Engineer, Software Sun Microsystems, Inc. Phone: +1 269.629.7238 Cell: +1 269.569.1042 Fax: +1 650.352.4428 Blog: http://blogs.sun.com/err AIM: ereidsan Skype: erreid
