Hello John, I welcome your input. On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 09:19:13AM -0600, John Calcote wrote:
Hi list.
I've read the online wiki docs, and they're great--as far as they go. Unfortunately, they don't go very far. Don't get me wrong--I love the opensuse build service! I can't believe we got along all these years without it.
The trouble is, there's no proper use-case description. I don't mean a formal design document. I mean a true user scenario document, answering questions like:
"Why would I want to use this tool?" "How do I properly use it?" "What's the proper workflow?" "When do I build locally?" "What philosophy do I use to decide when to commit?" "When do I publish?" "Which repos do I choose?" "Should I disable publish during testing?" "What do I tell my package users about my use of the OBS?" etc, etc.
If you start a wiki page with those questions, I promise that I'll do my share and provide answers to them.
Before you send me off to http://en.opensuse.org/Build_Service, or any of it's sub-links (Tutorial, WorkFlow, etc), just know that I've already read these documents--committed them to memory, in fact. They're not that helpful. Oh, sure, they provide the basic "HowTo" information. What's missing is the "Why" information.
There is a lot of outdated and unsorted stuff accumulated meanwhile. Not all os useful, especially the outdated stuff. I have a hard time getting an overview in that wiki. Where to start with cleaning up? Does somebody have a list with all pages concerning the build service?? Peter -- "WARNING: This bug is visible to non-employees. Please be respectful!" SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Research & Development