Some things to focus testing on for F9Beta
Rahul Sundaram
sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Thu Mar 27 21:22:25 UTC 2008
Richard Hally wrote:
>
>>
>> So the only way to make sure PackageKit *is* ready to be the default
>> package manager is to test it, file bugs, and get the maintainers to
>> *improve* it.
> Shouldn't the "maintainers" be testing it themselves as well? The
> problems I saw were so obvious they should never gotten out the door.
It is easy to say that but maintainers do miss things. Besides there is
a new version upstream that hasn't been pulled into Fedora. That is
supposed to land tom. Maybe try after that.
> I saw complaining about and refusing to report bugs as a reminder to
> "maintainers" that not responding to bugs promptly will reduce the
> number of bug reporters and thus reduce the feedback they need,
> especially if they do not test their own work themselves as is apparent
> with PackageKit.
Many maintainers are busy and prioritizing things. The large majority of
them are volunteers. Your strategy isn't going to help although I can
sympathize.
Rahul
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