Le mercredi 29 octobre 2008, à 01:45 -0300, Cristian Rodríguez a écrit :
Hi:
Even though I decided to contribute to the "Contrib" repository as a reviewer and indeed think there is a sproblem with the repository layout I still have a number of bad feelings, it smells bad for me, sorry! Im going to summarize what I think is wrong with this idea.
From the organization point of view, it persist in the wrong way of seeing community contributors as "second class" citizens, that needs a separate repository, isolated from the main distribution, this is by far my biggest concern.
Technically, it has mayor issues
- No clear submission process - No security policies - No maintenance policies - No timeframe to get things done ( no, we cannot keep going forever, it would be impossible to test) - there is no QA team. - the contrib list does not show any noticeable activity - Due to the previous problems, It may become the "abandonware" repository. - No specific bugzilla component. - Possible many other "details" Im missing because Im not kinda the "process" kid on the block.
No, things said here http://en.opensuse.org/Contrib are not enough ;-)
So far, I fail to see this going anywhere and while I think the existance of this repository is fundamentally flawed Im still willing to help because it may provide us some lessons to learn the hard way before moving to a different approach.
Any thoughts out there ?
FWIW, the GNOME team is (maybe a bit slowly) working towards pushing packages from GNOME:Community to Contrib so that those packages get more exposure (and are easier to find for users). We'd like to use G:C as a staging area for Contrib, like we use GNOME:Factory as a staging area for openSUSE:Factory. Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org