I am quite unhappy with the testing, too. My package vncviewer has a blocking issue (Bugtracker field), which should be marked on the package page!
http://maemo.org/packages/package_instance/view/fremantle_extras-testing_free_armel/vncviewer/0.6.3-fremantle2 Not every developer is following the dev-list all the time. To me it is not transparent, how to get into extras now. If I get ten thumb ups, because no tester checked bugtracker it gets in? Now I prepared a changed debian/control file, but if I upload to testing I loose my 9 thumb ups. It is quite complicated for a developer to test this application, as he needs a vnc server to access. Probably this is the reason, why it takes a lot of time. On the other hand it is totally to transparent, what is tested. An other problem are security issues: How do you think a tester could find a security issue in such an application? It is totaly impossible, if you do not have access to a prepared vnc server. Should we assume the vnc server to be prepared? Should we warn a user that prepared vnc servers are not tested, so only use thrusted ones, or ... I have the feeling, that the process is quite slow, without being much better than having less testers. OK, enough for now:-) Am Dienstag, den 03.11.2009, 17:32 +0200 schrieb Henrik Hedberg: > Till Harbaum wrote: > > > there's another problem with the testing i am facing with gpxview: Nonsense > > ratings. > > GPXView got a "thumbs down" for needing lots of porting to match the maemo6 > > gui. > > Yes, harmattan! Why the heck should a fremantle program not be forwarded to > > extras due to the fact that it will be hard to port it to qt (which is what > > that guy > > is imho trying to say)? > > > > I am considering to entirely ignore the test process until this > > testing/promotion thing > > has actually proven to be useful. Dealing with people that just rate > > nonsense issues is > > a) a waste of time and b) frustrating. > > In addition, testers - whether they rate nonsense issues or not - > even get positive karma! It feels little unfair. I really would like to > see a discussion about the responsibilities and ethics of a tester, and > possible procedures to make sure that a tester is behaving as expected. > > BR, > > Henrik > _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
