Also, I would like to add that when people are unhappy, they tend to complain (like me today :) ) but when they are happy, they have nothing to say. This is the way it is and the promoting process do not take this into account.
Cheers, Jean-Charles On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 14:09, Polyvertex <polyver...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
