On Nov 10, 2006, at 4:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 09:27:08 -0800 > From: "Lars Rosengreen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On 11/10/06, Paul Mitchum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Nov 10, 2006, at 1:27 AM, "Lars Rosengreen" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> How about making the unstable tree enabled by default on new >>> installs? >> >> Or, perhaps *move packages into the stable tree on occassion.* > > A lot of maintainers wait for some positive feedback from users before > moving a package into stable. If you use a package and think it is > ready > for stable, please let the maintainer know.
Well, see, this is exactly the can of worms I was hoping to open. :-) Why should users get to determine which packages are 'stable' and which aren't? If the threshold between stable and unstable is that users are OK with it, then it seems that packages without outstanding bug reports could be automatically moved to stable after, say, six months or something. That would make the process both more transparent and predictable, and also less of a headache to maintainers. Even if it weren't set up to be automatic, there might be a twice-yearly Race To The Stable Day, where maintainers could race to make their packages stable by clearing bugs from the tracker. But whether that's the solution or not: I think fink would really do well to adopt a very clear policy on when and how packages should move to stable. More packages would end up as stable if a clear policy were in place. I say this having searched for such a policy and being unable to find one. If it already exists, then I'd be glad to see it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
