On Sat, 06 Jan 2007 04:24:58 +0300, David Relson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:23:51 -0700
Steve Dibb wrote:
I've been reading this thread as well as the earlier (July) threads
(from gmane) and notice that everyone is discussing "30 days",
"automatic", and "stabilization bugs". What if there were 2 time
periods - a minimum and a maximum. For example:
with a 30 day min, a package would have to be bug free for 30 days
before a stabilization bug _could_ be acted upon.
If there are no open bugs and no stabilization bug was submitted , then
a maximum period (perhaps 60 days, perhaps 6 months) would cause an
_automatic_ upgrade to stable.
Having an acceptably large max period would take some of the load off
of developer shoulders and would prevent the current situation of having
really old ~ARCH packges (some of which currently seem to measure in
the hundreds of days).
Just my $.02
David
The problem is that currently all that is stable has been marked so by a
human being. Adding any automation to the process will change the meaning
of "stable". I feel that the change will be substantial, like the
difference between a Google search result and a report from an analyst.
My feeling is that the major part of the users is happy with what we have
now, that is
- the most stable system that can be constructed with ARCH
- the most recent possibly usable system with ~ARCH
- the most recent system we know about with masked
Looking at the list, I feel that the key points on the "stable - unstable"
axis has been marked. Thus, I do not really want to move any of the
markers, especially the stable one, since it will be bad for those who
need a really stable system.
My $0.02 is that there are 3 options:
- do nothing, possibly explain the meaning of arch, ~arch, and masked
better in the docs.
- add a new level of stability, like ^ARCH, and move from ~ARCH to ^ARCH
automatically.
- encourage development of tools that will make it easier to maintain
"stable - unstable - deliberately outdated" mixture. Such a tool may,
among other things, request the list of ~arch packages together with the
number of days there are no unresolved bug reports other than version bump
and stabilize.
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Andrei Gerasimenko
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