On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 10:06:15AM +0530, Venky wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 11:25:25PM -0500, Nicolas Williams wrote:
> > Let users decide whether they want to install stuff from /contrib that
> > has no source to go with it (and/or which has not been rebuilt by
> > others).
>
> Fair enough. I'd just be a little concerned about the novice user
> who might not be qualified to make this judgement. Anyway I've made
> my objections clear. If the rest of the folks feel this is not
> relevant or important, I'll just let it drop.
A novice user is not qualified to make any judgement about the quality
of any software they may download (and they probably download lots, and
lots of software every day, mostly in the form of JavaScript and Flash).
Personally, I would like /contrib to recommend submissions of source
code in the form of diffs + build Makefiles + URL of source + digest of
such source.
And I'd like for there to be a way in which others can tag /contrib
submissions ("I reviewed this and it looks good," "this is crap") --
vote, if you like.
Nico
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