2009/9/24 Jeremiah Foster <jerem...@jeremiahfoster.com>: > > On Sep 24, 2009, at 12:48, Aniello Del Sorbo wrote: > >> 2009/9/24 Quim Gil <quim....@nokia.com>: >>> >>> ext Aniello Del Sorbo wrote: >>>> >>>> I am not developing for Apple because of their approval process and >>>> their desire of control. >>> >>> What is your opinion about Deboan, Ubuntu, Fedora... all of them having >>> also QA processes in place in order to make it to their stable releases? >>> >> I don't know them. > > All community developed projects have a Quality Assurance process. Debian's, > which is what Maemo is based on, looks like this; > > 1. Submit your app to autobuilders > 2. If it fails to build from source, start over at 1 > 3. If it builds, it stays in the new queue for ten days > 4. After ten days it automatically gets promoted to 'testing' > 5. After (roughly) eighteen months, testing is frozen (no more new apps) > 6. After all Release Critical bugs are fixed, testing becomes stable > > Maemo is trying to innovate and crowd source the quality control and shrink > that time as much as possible. >
Uhm... I see the point. If I want my new application to be in the Official Debian repository, it goes thru all this testing. It makes sense. >> But I understand it's a different matter and I think I am missing the >> point of the whole Extras Testing infrastructure. >> I see it as a very useful tool to help bringing good quality >> application in the hands of people. >> I like it. >> My only complaint is on who has the final word. > > Your software lives in an ecosystem of autobuilders, repositories, and end > user tablets. It has to co-operate with all these resources to be of value > to a user. You have a responsibility to not wipe out a user's hard drive, > etc. > I know and I do take that responsibility into account. > I understand your interest in getting your software into your user's hands > faster, but the QA process will help with this. If we can build the > reputation of packages in Extras being high-quality, users will be more > willing to download them. We have to build that reputation first. > No I don't want my app to go faster in the user's hand. I want it to reach that hand when it's ready. -- anidel Sent from London, Eng, United Kingdom _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
