Hello, I like to share my thoughts on the QA strategy of Maemo.
I am the owner of an N900 program and promoted my package to extras-testing ca. 2 months ago. Right now there are only 2 votes on it. I wonder how many more months it will take until 10 persons vote for it such that I can promote it to extras (given that the votes are positive). I already have a bunch of improvements ready since several weeks. However, I do not dare to upload them because my package will start the evaluation sequence then again from scratch. I think this is a big disadvantage for the community, because the tool could already be much better. Actually, I think in the early lifetime of a SW project there will probably be a release every few months, which could permanently block the tool's promotion to extras. I personally see my program as very useful - well, otherwise I wouldn't have spent the time for development. I assume that just nobody is aware of it, since everybody just looks at the available programs in extras. At least this is what I did to search for useful tools. >From my perspective, the current QA process should be reconsidered. Maybe an automatic promotion after 4 weeks would make sense, given its actual package karma is positive? Best regards, Roman P.S.: You are welcome to evaluate and vote on my package: http://maemo.org/packages/package_instance/view/fremantle_extras-testing_free_armel/babyphone/0.1-2/ _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
