Don't put new packages through updates-testing

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Sun Jun 3 13:24:32 UTC 2007


Hans de Goede wrote:
> Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>> Hans de Goede wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Exactly, there are very good reasons why this is a SHOULD and not a 
>>> MUST. I'm sure almost every reviewer will give a program a test run 
>>> in the simple program case / scenarion. Why must everything by 
>>> regulated with rules, procedures and more rules? Why can't we just 
>>> TRUST each other, 
>>
>> We need to coordinate and not everyone has the same understanding of 
>> what is required in a review. New packagers have explicitly asked 
>> before for more guidelines. If you believe that every reviewer already 
>> tests the simple program case then there shouldn't any problem in 
>> documenting that.
>>
> Well since we've just written about it, it now is documented. No need to 
> change the guidelines.

No. Mailing lists posts don't constitute proper documentation.

Rahul




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