Re: mentors.debian.net runs the debexpo code now
Asheesh Laroia writes (Re: mentors.debian.net runs the debexpo code now): Paul Wise answered this, basically -- it's kind of a mess. Debexpo doesn't really improve the situation yet. Right. And thanks to Paul for answering the question. All it does is give us a solid platform on top of which to build a decent solution to that problem. Right. Paul's list is quite comprehensive, and could serve as a blueprint for places that debexpo could harvest information from. That way, the debexpo page for a package could show the latest info from all those sources. It might be a good idea to think about how the mentor workflow is supposed to work and arrange (for example) that there is one place where it is recorded who is working on a particular package-in-need-of-a-mentor. (Obviously who might include more than one person.) We also need to formally track the state of such mentor requests, in the same way we do bugs. Perhaps a mentors bug psuedopackage would do as a stopgap ? We could evolve some usertags as we went. What I'm trying to get to is a point where it's reasonably straightforward for an existing experienced DD, who knows about packaging but not very much about the mentor process details, and has a bit of spare time, to: 1. Find a package that needs a mentor and/or a sponsor that interests them or that they might know something about 2. Download the actual package and review it (this part debexpo currently seems to do fairly well) 3. Find the comments made by mentors (whether themselves or someone else) on previous versions of the package 4. Make a decision, eg to decide to upload the package, to provide a list of things to fix to the maintainer, to join the package's team, or whatever 5. Know where to send their comments and how to communicate their decision (in particular, to stop the package appearing in the list of packages that are in need of attention from a mentor, in step 1) 6. Be able to request or decline email notifications and copies when a new version is proposed for sponsoring, when other people make comments, etc. It's fine if much of this involves traffic on a public list, but mentors should not be expected to subscribe to such a list. Much of this could perhaps be done with the BTS already. Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20046.47064.983443.11...@chiark.greenend.org.uk
Re: mentors.debian.net runs the debexpo code now
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 07:03:03AM -0400, Asheesh Laroia wrote:
Thanks to huge work by Johnny Lamb, Christoph Haas, Jan Dittberner,
Kalle Söderman, Serafeim Zanikolas, David Paleino, and Paul Wise, we
have had a alpha-level product called Debexpo that can replace
mentors.debian.net as the place we do package review for new
contributors in Debian.
snip
It's live: http://mentors.debian.net/
That's a great achievement!
Thanks to everyone who has contributed to make it possible.
As a minor nitpick, can you add to the footer a link to the code?
Many Debian services could benefit from more prominent footer links to
the code, to encourage patches are welcome habits and to make it clear
that the code for all our services is available. (yes, in this specific
case I know that the availability of debexpo code is mentioned at
http://wiki.debian.org/Debexpo , but making it more readily available
wouldn't hurt, would it?)
Cheers.
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Re: mentors.debian.net runs the debexpo code now
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Stefano, On 17.08.2011 12:14, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: As a minor nitpick, can you add to the footer a link to the code? thanks for the hint. We completely forgot about it, indeed. I've added[1] the link to the templates and it will appear on the deployment site soon(-ish). [1] http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=debexpo/debexpo.git;a=commit;h=263a568427d910eb91d95a278eb469f0bdd265a3 - -- with kind regards, Arno Töll IRC: daemonkeeper on Freenode/OFTC GnuPG Key-ID: 0x9D80F36D -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJOS5afAAoJEMcrUe6dgPNti0gP/2VbTz/NNDUVXWhNVzbFFWs4 v2w9Na6jBzQ3ZZdGVl+dDOP/HOv0p0BtI5kBMD+I+fv2qynvwK1kL+yBd/pNsoOA BjFR74nfQETmICeyRJEqIIa3X7Lm5FTSe7K1k30Q3/wrmNdQ89attiat03/vnBJK SfLYjGYmlTADDFyY034QqRmHTlj/Iej+68BbudMzQdNhz24dPXWVVwGgA9beBrns vIMpWgzN4wmB2tKVdP6zW4cZPGRNZRYx7eW6hBeMAm6CFC8hIc5KZQ0AI5DLWu4R RBAraqzjdyIexbdLMhiU3a4WICu6TVd+EyGaiMo0fJ/WTeKDvNrHlh9kr70caHKF W66/5Nk9OfoRd4VIHnJ57V8JW2rr6hAw05krWx4LNrAtu74Ji3kEIE+q2YrUNS1A nhDa2xfeI/+gYJsP8eZl2uyTWk6gxN3v9jzkM7Zg5FZyOjJDwxiHBqTUxukHqaqU R3B115kuuuiDl2ZppRR2v2RFNLJtHL+KnkNmAh45rkSQGHd8qp9CiONtZtA5/loj d1cK6h9qdQAh2a91KrLQC3GlVZa1rdkwib9IYTHr+WsI8u2iIkZ1/cdhcWASTVJb qTaGAOpCDOn3E76cU7HWXXaNh2p8yj+nn/Rln1vPcP1HsZveTTuujb1Mhop0z719 l1Apne+KcXn6gdrHKCG4 =hOTt -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e4b969f.2070...@toell.net
Links to the sources for services (was Re: mentors.debian.net runs the debexpo code now)
Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: As a minor nitpick, can you add to the footer a link to the code? Many Debian services could benefit from more prominent footer links to the code, to encourage patches are welcome habits and to make it clear that the code for all our services is available. (yes, in this specific case I know that the availability of debexpo code is mentioned at http://wiki.debian.org/Debexpo , but making it more readily available wouldn't hurt, would it?) Very good point, and something that we should push for elsewhere. /me goes to add such a link to cdimage-search.debian.org... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com ...In the UNIX world, people tend to interpret `non-technical user' as meaning someone who's only ever written one device driver. -- Daniel Pead -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/e1qtdqd-00081k...@mail.einval.com
Re: Links to the sources for services (was Re: mentors.debian.net runs the debexpo code now)
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 11:32:55AM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: As a minor nitpick, can you add to the footer a link to the code? Many Debian services could benefit from more prominent footer links to the code, to encourage patches are welcome habits and to make it clear that the code for all our services is available. (yes, in this specific case I know that the availability of debexpo code is mentioned at http://wiki.debian.org/Debexpo , but making it more readily available wouldn't hurt, would it?) Very good point, and something that we should push for elsewhere. #638059 is open against the PTS for this; maybe it should be reassigned and generalised. -- Jonathan Wiltshire j...@debian.org Debian Developer http://people.debian.org/~jmw 4096R: 0xD3524C51 / 0A55 B7C5 1223 3942 86EC 74C3 5394 479D D352 4C51 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: mentors.debian.net runs the debexpo code now
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Aug 17, 2011, at 12:14, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 07:03:03AM -0400, Asheesh Laroia wrote: Thanks to huge work by Johnny Lamb, Christoph Haas, Jan Dittberner, Kalle Söderman, Serafeim Zanikolas, David Paleino, and Paul Wise, we have had a alpha-level product called Debexpo that can replace mentors.debian.net as the place we do package review for new contributors in Debian. snip It's live: http://mentors.debian.net/ That's a great achievement! Thanks to everyone who has contributed to make it possible. As a minor nitpick, can you add to the footer a link to the code? Many Debian services could benefit from more prominent footer links to the code, to encourage patches are welcome habits and to make it clear that the code for all our services is available. (yes, in this specific case I know that the availability of debexpo code is mentioned at http://wiki.debian.org/Debexpo , but making it more readily available wouldn't hurt, would it?) Excellent point zack, there is a lot of really great tooling in Debian and people saw links to code in the footer of various tools they would likely want to start using it in their projects, hopefully improving it in the process. Regards, Jeremiah -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJOS7nnAAoJEPoEpn8G2KIrxK4P/iGxibx2FhF5lZPG2bVgAPYh QirjkNUdULI31qZICGixRqG+VbF4AlFD+TVzlqLJcbpEXwgqyHVSdKE1xBMyVjWS 9zn8R/lA7AeYa3Lq+tdJhlMlJycpm5QvrUgpmxZgMlK1aFTMU8Ul2E3LDHHGNyKA kj3cTLqy6vj+Br0SaF8uzzxpZ+nVgwsFHFZdJ8YkmkVbVZpHnLEa0d7DYoyShibB /rKSC0BVjwfTl2H7b/V2H1x2HA8WclNRNZSqpgF5ysMudr8kW/s7ICDqWvUEgBEl cLFP0RkylHYToonFkjah4AzMhweb1V0aF5pj7to/ShvEjXO/ulLlwb+rC1Nideo7 6bg0TbNjYOXPFRYX8RZSerM3r5q9GYGXzGOA84QeLKKeE8lv8Y5LgZPffLSfslzE x0l+Vor3iGnnUlcrgDUitQahPdPj9hfwuptKGKya3VeWDN8tdMYESDSKYeR3/cl9 DDdcPIvamdNUc46kMCjeg3lIessGxXIN/m9Ms+GCAARicpVRF0Mdv3ShNXXhj0bi XqcZ4O+nGy8axicKAN9vGAVBPN1vhmXSj3+e7BGZn3lm3tc+z2fMGKdompSfqT4z SD3bdOqzfqaSiOF9Ha30O0VMnVV0j/LAwiUoMDZgBQFb23KAEgo+rmQArQQ/yQrZ 6ls71DhPljmxuiF41xbV =gGD2 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/8653b812-3516-4f47-8a69-19956de8d...@jeremiahfoster.com
Re: mentors.debian.net runs the debexpo code now
On Fri, 12 Aug 2011, Ian Jackson wrote: Asheesh Laroia writes (mentors.debian.net runs the debexpo code now): It's live: http://mentors.debian.net/ Thanks, this looks very cool. I have a question, from the point of view of a potential sponsor/mentor. How can I tell the status of each of these packages ? I mean: I would like to know whether anyone else has already reviewed it, or is working on it, or has uploaded it to Debian proper. Am I expected to subscribe to debian-mentors ? The introductory page for sponsors was a bit sparse. Paul Wise answered this, basically -- it's kind of a mess. Debexpo doesn't really improve the situation yet. All it does is give us a solid platform on top of which to build a decent solution to that problem. Paul's list is quite comprehensive, and could serve as a blueprint for places that debexpo could harvest information from. That way, the debexpo page for a package could show the latest info from all those sources. -- Asheesh. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/alpine.deb.2.00.1108160926190.27...@rose.makesad.us
Re: mentors.debian.net runs the debexpo code now
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Ivan, On 13.08.2011 17:36, Ivan Shmakov wrote: I wonder, is it possible to add a bit more magic to debexpo, so that the comments made via the Web interface would be forwarded to the list, and vice versa? ... This task is indeed in my queue, but I won't probably be able to get to it this year. I am also interested to implement a mailing list - Expo bridge as that's very important I think and necessary for future plans I have with Expo. I was doing some contributions to Expo already in the last few weeks, but I can't say when/if I find time to start such a larger sub-task. If you are interested to implement it, I would very welcome that, but we should coordinate our plans here. I am not sure if we really need a such a big dependency as a Gmane like service. Its probably enough to subscribe to debian-mentors (e.g. to a server side mbox) and track RFS threads by a non-standard header or magic subject / pseudo tag similar to the BTS control server. - -- with kind regards, Arno Töll IRC: daemonkeeper on Freenode/OFTC GnuPG Key-ID: 0x9D80F36D -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJOR7ECAAoJEMcrUe6dgPNtQUgP/RGPNlnozjTabO+FN4Z73x7v 4oIs8EVgGYUQcHqJ1EolWUFpHXxhQw6GkZNprqA9rHDGHbIDyDcArfC1i7Y+l9TR P43hDXeLUP/YW4JMieeoKogzb+VzKiLquZRj/Z1K8nseTKJpdiT9us1iUBttMRvB H8lhnNMM0qVChIABSA20qeYFXguETN/n0jli2n43l94SWHRPAZwbTaZ2JHiqldqU SVrdiRmCzFltPmqMGeRkMz9h2gPzJ3pGzXjq4kA6eAlKEsGMrQTrXnXOOHHAxfXi 1dK/no3TTENwIZIwEH79TfE9hw9XXZV4K2wd86Z4qT9iqFecUilytk6LyJFycH6J LPVZPs0ebUH4mOhUumCbwyq1WufxbGczpo3DHyBWU4+DL/6GvmF20gizPZI7fLon h7LM4wHsclvQWSlfcqflfv2nHt0ZTM1uxLD4COS/rfZ5ILjJU6OO3MDKhbB+zZkK idSKThryjhCVflYduIh766J3tjR92rk883l+9v5MKDN9jTXHa3rWVgytHsHYI+hu xhqtWCClbFGJN/C+n7VOnvPstPuyIyS9mwtO0FL8VEDboCY+uEeN+yTK1KwK16dp fLiXE2rlgqV20P7N12moki6det5949GihVvzNuefQxEi8BmA0qu6pegWOuAlD+P7 Ysg3C8VaE7QJvQJKCXhv =X6V7 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e47b102.9040...@toell.net
Re: mentors.debian.net runs the debexpo code now
Arno Töll deb...@toell.net writes: On 13.08.2011 17:36, Ivan Shmakov wrote: I wonder, is it possible to add a bit more magic to debexpo, so that the comments made via the Web interface would be forwarded to the list, and vice versa? This task is indeed in my queue, but I won't probably be able to get to it this year. I am also interested to implement a mailing list - Expo bridge as that's very important I think and necessary for future plans I have with Expo. I was doing some contributions to Expo already in the last few weeks, but I can't say when/if I find time to start such a larger sub-task. If you are interested to implement it, I would very welcome that, but we should coordinate our plans here. Indeed. However, as I've already noted, I won't be able to get to that task until at (the very) least the next year. I am not sure if we really need a such a big dependency as a Gmane like service. I've referenced Gmane as an example of the successful engine used for turning the (news, but mail is quite similar) messages into Web pages and RSS feeds. I don't know their code base all that close, but, IIRC, it's free software, and my opinion is that it'd be pity if we won't be able to reuse it, at least in part. Its probably enough to subscribe to debian-mentors (e.g. to a server side mbox) (Just don't use the Unix mbox format for that.) and track RFS threads by a non-standard header or magic subject / pseudo tag similar to the BTS control server. Why not the standard Message-Id:, In-Reply-To:, and References: headers? -- FSF associate member #7257 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/8662m06s1o@gray.siamics.net
Re: mentors.debian.net runs the debexpo code now
On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 5:12 AM, Ivan Shmakov wrote: I wonder, is it possible to add a bit more magic to debexpo, so that the comments made via the Web interface would be forwarded to the list, and vice versa? Perhaps Gmane's engine (which is, IIRC, free software) could be used as an inspiration? Debexpo is software so it should be possible to add anything, as long as there is a person who feels motivated enough to implement it. Are you that person? I imagine that it would be hard to extract mails and present them on the web, but you could at least give pointers to NEW/incoming, list archives and the ITP bug replies on the comments page. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAKTje6E0ce6fNcSt9ny4Ea=oT69=siep_rbivyqyjode_y7...@mail.gmail.com
Re: mentors.debian.net runs the debexpo code now
Paul Wise p...@debian.org writes: On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 5:12 AM, Ivan Shmakov wrote: I wonder, is it possible to add a bit more magic to debexpo, so that the comments made via the Web interface would be forwarded to the list, and vice versa? Perhaps Gmane's engine (which is, IIRC, free software) could be used as an inspiration? Debexpo is software so it should be possible to add anything, as long as there is a person who feels motivated enough to implement it. Are you that person? I imagine that it would be hard to extract mails and present them on the web, This task is indeed in my queue, but I won't probably be able to get to it this year. but you could at least give pointers to NEW/incoming, list archives and the ITP bug replies on the comments page. I. e., the pointers to the related messages (or threads) within the archive? -- FSF associate member #7257 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/86zkjd728o@gray.siamics.net
Re: mentors.debian.net runs the debexpo code now
Asheesh Laroia ashe...@asheesh.org writes: It's live: http://mentors.debian.net/ Very impressive. Congratulations to all involved parties. :) -- Stig Sandbeck Mathisen s...@debian.org pgpJhDoY8uSQp.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: mentors.debian.net runs the debexpo code now
Excerpts from Raphael Hertzog's message of Thu Aug 11 15:31:57 -0400 2011: Hi Asheesh, thank you for your work on this new version! It's really a big step forward. On Thu, 11 Aug 2011, Asheesh Laroia wrote: It's live: http://mentors.debian.net/ The PTS cron mail now gives me this message: | Downloading http://mentors.debian.net/debian/dists/unstable/non-free/source/Sources.gz | failed, Sources-mentors_non-free.gz is stale now Can you ensure it's always generated (even if empty) ? I just made it manually for now. When it needs to be refreshed it should be created as non-empty. Does that do the trick? -- Asheesh. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1313140868-sup-8...@rose.makesad.us
Re: mentors.debian.net runs the debexpo code now
Hi, On Fri, 12 Aug 2011, Asheesh Laroia wrote: The PTS cron mail now gives me this message: | Downloading http://mentors.debian.net/debian/dists/unstable/non-free/source/Sources.gz | failed, Sources-mentors_non-free.gz is stale now Can you ensure it's always generated (even if empty) ? I just made it manually for now. When it needs to be refreshed it should be created as non-empty. Does that do the trick? As long as it doesn't disappear when it will switch back from non-empty to empty, yes. :-) Thanks. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Follow my Debian News ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.com (English) ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.fr (Français) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110812124135.gd23...@rivendell.home.ouaza.com
Re: mentors.debian.net runs the debexpo code now
Asheesh Laroia writes (mentors.debian.net runs the debexpo code now): It's live: http://mentors.debian.net/ Thanks, this looks very cool. I have a question, from the point of view of a potential sponsor/mentor. How can I tell the status of each of these packages ? I mean: I would like to know whether anyone else has already reviewed it, or is working on it, or has uploaded it to Debian proper. Am I expected to subscribe to debian-mentors ? The introductory page for sponsors was a bit sparse. Thanks, Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20037.16527.662914.278...@chiark.greenend.org.uk
Re: mentors.debian.net runs the debexpo code now
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Ian Jackson wrote: How can I tell the status of each of these packages ? I mean: I would like to know whether anyone else has already reviewed it, or is working on it, or has uploaded it to Debian proper. Am I expected to subscribe to debian-mentors ? The introductory page for sponsors was a bit sparse. The previous ways to check status were: look at NEW or incoming.d.o. look for replies to the ITP bug and or to debian-devel. look for replies to the RFS mail on debian-mentors. debexpo adds this to the above: look for comments on the mentors.d.n website. There never was any guarantee that subscribing to -mentors meant you would know about other reviews. Indeed, it often happens that a package gets uploaded to the archive and the maintainer/sponsor don't even reply to the RFS saying that the package was uploaded. Or the reviews moved to IRC or some team's mailing list. This doesn't change with the new mentors, it just introduces yet another place to look for reviews. Perhaps the comments on the site will become the primary place for feedback, but I doubt it considering Debian's mail-centric culture. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caktje6ed3egeccazcennjmihboexpbrazbpqksvov0to-cz...@mail.gmail.com
Re: mentors.debian.net runs the debexpo code now
Paul Wise p...@debian.org writes: On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Ian Jackson wrote: […] debexpo adds this to the above: look for comments on the mentors.d.n website. There never was any guarantee that subscribing to -mentors meant you would know about other reviews. Indeed, it often happens that a package gets uploaded to the archive and the maintainer/sponsor don't even reply to the RFS saying that the package was uploaded. Or the reviews moved to IRC or some team's mailing list. This doesn't change with the new mentors, it just introduces yet another place to look for reviews. Perhaps the comments on the site will become the primary place for feedback, but I doubt it considering Debian's mail-centric culture. I wonder, is it possible to add a bit more magic to debexpo, so that the comments made via the Web interface would be forwarded to the list, and vice versa? Perhaps Gmane's engine (which is, IIRC, free software) could be used as an inspiration? -- FSF associate member #7257 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/86ipq280nu@gray.siamics.net
mentors.debian.net runs the debexpo code now
Hello lovely debian-devel folks, Thanks to huge work by Johnny Lamb, Christoph Haas, Jan Dittberner, Kalle Söderman, Serafeim Zanikolas, David Paleino, and Paul Wise, we have had a alpha-level product called Debexpo that can replace mentors.debian.net as the place we do package review for new contributors in Debian. About a year ago, we began the process to revive the project. Andrey Rahmatullin (wRAR), Arno Töll, Wolodja Wentland, and I have finally finished it. Christine Spang (along with SIPB at MIT) put together the virtual machine that runs it. Thanks to many others who have provided advice and ideas. It's live: http://mentors.debian.net/ The big differences between this and the old code are: * Maintainable codebase * Ability to see package quality on the package page -- see e.g. http://expo.debian.net/package/trafficserver * Ability to leave comments on the web, and subscribe to receive email updates about packages * Ability to write new plugins that do new kinds of quality checks * Beautiful new design, based on main Debian.org layout (idea thanks to Francesca Ciceri) * Christoph Haas can finally stop worrying that it'll never happen. Finishing this coding and migration has been the biggest single thing I've been doing in my life for the past three or four weeks, so I am now going to take a bit of a break from it. I will try to advise and make sure that the community grows. Huge props to Arno for not only excellent hacking, but fantastic work in getting new contributors. http://wiki.debian.org/Debexpo explains where to find the bug tracker and mailing list. There is surely more work to be done -- changing strings, updating more docs, and so forth. You can find us on #debexpo and also our bug tracker. P.S. Johnny Lamb's original code is actually of pretty high quality. Huge thanks to him for that; the logging and the clear file layout helped us as immensely. -- Asheesh.
Re: mentors.debian.net runs the debexpo code now
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Asheesh Laroia wrote: Thanks to huge work by Johnny Lamb, Christoph Haas, Jan Dittberner, Kalle Söderman, Serafeim Zanikolas, David Paleino, and Paul Wise, we have had a alpha-level product called Debexpo that can replace mentors.debian.net as the place we do package review for new contributors in Debian. Congrats to everyone who was involved in this project, it is a huge achievement to get this done! I personally am looking forward to the metrics and sponsor - matching feature: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMentorsNet#Metrics I might actually start doing sponsorship again if this were implemented. Any volunteers? -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAKTje6FYV=VJ=2ir_t3sjdh5+tkda1a-him-qhzwyl3mjza...@mail.gmail.com
Re: mentors.debian.net runs the debexpo code now
Hi Asheesh, thank you for your work on this new version! It's really a big step forward. On Thu, 11 Aug 2011, Asheesh Laroia wrote: It's live: http://mentors.debian.net/ The PTS cron mail now gives me this message: | Downloading http://mentors.debian.net/debian/dists/unstable/non-free/source/Sources.gz | failed, Sources-mentors_non-free.gz is stale now Can you ensure it's always generated (even if empty) ? Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Follow my Debian News ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.com (English) ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.fr (Français) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110811193157.ga7...@rivendell.home.ouaza.com
