[Fedora-packaging] Suggestion: require inclusion of cvs location in completed review request
Hans de Goede
j.w.r.degoede at hhs.nl
Sun Apr 6 13:45:34 UTC 2008
David Timms wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am keen to get the packaging process modified to include a final item
> after ACCEPTED and CVS action done. This is simply to require the
> submitter to make a final entry into the review request that indicates
> the URL to the spec file on the fedora cvs server {or any future package
> source repo}. Preferably via the web interface viewcvs.
>
> While some people think that the package submission, review, maintenance
> can be burdensome, I think this would be an improvement to assist
> learning packagers in seeing what the final completed .spec looks like.
>
> At the moment, many .spec URLs that are hosted outside Fedora are taken
> down the moment or shortly after the process is complete. Hence it makes
> it difficult to learn from the efforts of others in a package review in
> Fedora because the .spec is no longer linked in the spec/SRPM urls
> provided by the submitter.
>
> The second issue is that browsing the cvs server is quite slow - mainly
> at the point where the "folder" has the complete list of {3000} package
> folders. This means we could immediately click through to the correct
> folder in the cvs server, rather than trawling from the top level.
>
> Any comments, rejections to this idea ?
>
-1
This means yet another step in getting a package included, we need less steps
not more. For the rare circumstance when someone does need access to a spec
there are several ways, almost all of them easier then first going through a
bugzilla query to find the original review.
Regards,
Hans
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