Looking for reviewers

[Jon Ciesla]

> A time this doesn't work is if the packager is new, and has no
> experience reviewing packages.  Granted, learning to review is great,
> but someone with a little more experience should probably oversee the
> review.  I know I stumbled through a few before I felt comfortable
> doing some completely on my own, and still refer to experts on many.
>
> However, this method certainly does have merit, and please don't give
> up on my account.  I just know that when I was new to Fedora, that's
> how it worked for me.

+1

> I also like to know something about the packages I review.  I mean, I
> can rpmlint with the best of them, but since I don't run Postgres at
> all, reviewing these packages (to me at least) doesn't make a whole
> lot of sense.  Maybe I wrong here though.  I find that if I understand
> the package, or at least the related items, I can offer a better
> review; thus hopefully improving the entire Fedora experience.

I agree.  On the whole, I don't review packages whose functionality is
beyond my ability to verify.  While I'm by no means a Postgres guru, I've
adapted a few of my own apps to support it, and have a test server.

Then again, what better way to expand one's horizons?  Learn by doing, no?

> stahnma
>
>
> On 4/11/07, Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede at hhs.nl> wrote:
>> Devrim GÜNDÜZ wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 03:19 +0300, Devrim GÜNDÜZ wrote:
>> >> I'm looking for reviewers for these 3 PostgreSQL related packages:
>> >>
>> >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=229321
>> >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=229322
>> >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=229323
>> >
>> > Still looking for reviewers... Also I submitted another one yesterday.
>> > This is ODBCng package for PostgreSQL:
>> >
>> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235929
>> >
>>
>> Try exchanging reviews, look for a package you find interesting that
>> needs a
>> review and offer to review it in exchange for the submitter reviewing
>> one of yours.
>>
>> This works for me every time.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Hans
>>
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