2008/8/18 Jason Chu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Dusty Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 2008/8/18 Jason Chu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 10:23 AM, Thayer Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Dusty Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> Esteemed ArchLinux Developers, >>>>> >>>>> Partially because Aaron asked for it and thinks it is cool and >>>>> partially because all those [signoff] e-mails in my inbox are kind of >>>>> boring to me (as a non-packager), I have implemented a web based >>>>> signoff mechanism into archweb_dev. >>>>> >>>>> https://dev.archlinux.org/packages/signoffs/ >>>> >>>> Nice work! I think this is a great idea too. >>>> >>>> I only see one potential problem...what if someone accidentaly clicks >>>> signoff on the wrong package? For instance, I didn't really test the >>>> cracklib, but I couldn't resist the urge to click it! >>>> >>> >>> Maybe if you accidently signoff on a package you should be responsible >>> for actually testing the package then, thus getting rid of the >>> necessity to unsignoff. >> >> Sometimes that's not possible, for example if its a kernel module for >> a wireless card you don't have or if you signed off for x86_64 when >> all your machines are i686. > > Well then, you'd better buy the hardware dammit! You took > responsibility when you clicked that button! You should be more > careful where you click you dirty button pusher! >
How about we do this: If you mess up you can e-mail me asking me to delete the signoff entry. If I get enough of these e-mails to piss me off I will either have the AOL kick the person(s) involved off the dev team for sloppy archmanship, or I will add unsignoff functionality. =) Dusty
