[Fedora-packaging] Suggestion: require inclusion of cvs location in completed review request

[Hans de Goede]

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