How about a crazier idea:
Each package has a stability rating from 0-99 per
architecture.
0 means totally untested/unstable and 99 means rock
solid/no bugs. (0-33~unstable, 34-66~testing,
67-99~stable)
Each new package starts at 50. Whenever a user uses
the package, he can then vote on it by giving +1 or -1
(on the website or through portage).
Indeed, a crazy idea. Technical issues like stability, which technology to
use, how to implement a certain functionality, whether a bug is fixed,... can
not be subject to voting. Period. Someone actually has to look into the
matter and decide on technical merits.
Anyway, the idea of a finer granularity for stability branches shouldn't
be throwed away. The score could be given by developers, following some
rules (bugs filed vs. time, etc.)
Without using a 0-99 range (it seems too much granular imho), a 0-10
range could be nice (0-not working / 10-production level rock solid).
Is there already some example of such usage?
m.
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