On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 12:38, Attila Csipa <ma...@csipa.in.rs> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Polyvertex <polyver...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Indeed, I own a stuck package :) > > > I am, in a weird way, happy that people are now complaining about packages > being stuck for 15 days - as bad as it sounds, there were times where most > of the packages spent months in testing without hopes of ever getting > promoted. Now, only to get the average closer 10 and all will be dandy ! > > On a side note - I checked out you package, it already has 3 tester votes, > so (unless somebody finds a blocker) it will be unlocked for promotion in > about 5 days even if nobody else votes on it (but if they do, you get > unlocked as soon as you reach 10 votes).
I am not complaining because my testing package is stuck since 2 weeks and if you look at the package events list, you will see that the *only* version which has been promoted to extras has indeed spent more than 2 months in testing. But I do complain about the too high constraint level of the promoting process for the developers *and* the users. I think the maintainer should always have the ability to promote the package to extras by himself and take the risk of being under fire from users if he promote a very bad/bugged release and did not took enough time to resolve issues. This may also be added to the Karma system if this is not already done. > >> >> Is there an exit backdoor somewhere ? :) >> > > A secret weapon is in the making - KISStester, which would allow easier > feedback for users, and it also acts as a REMINDER for people who are using > software that is in dire need of testing (the problem is that people > *download* things from testing but forget/can't be bothered to come BACK to > vote on it). Well... As both of us said : most of the time, users don't vote. This is why the promoting process is way too constraining : it does not take users behavior into account at all... Cheers, Jean-Charles _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
