Re: [gentoo-dev] QA subproject, TreeCleaners

2006-06-06 Thread Peter Volkov (pva)
On Втр, 2006-06-06 at 00:17 +0200, Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò wrote: That's why we use a SCM for managing the ebuilds: the removed ebuilds are still found via cvs commands and on sources.gentoo.org But how can I search for removed ebuild in cvs? Is there any quick way for such things? Peter.

Re: [gentoo-dev] QA subproject, TreeCleaners

2006-06-06 Thread Simon Stelling
Peter Volkov (pva) wrote: But how can I search for removed ebuild in cvs? Is there any quick way for such things? Use site:sources.gentoo.org package as query, e.g. http://www.google.ch/search?q=site%3Asources.gentoo.org+sonarbtnG=Suchemeta= -- Kind Regards, Simon Stelling Gentoo/AMD64

Re: [gentoo-dev] QA subproject, TreeCleaners

2006-06-06 Thread Alec Warner
Peter Volkov (pva) wrote: On Втр, 2006-06-06 at 00:17 +0200, Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò wrote: That's why we use a SCM for managing the ebuilds: the removed ebuilds are still found via cvs commands and on sources.gentoo.org But how can I search for removed ebuild in cvs? Is there any quick

Re: [gentoo-dev] QA subproject, TreeCleaners

2006-06-05 Thread Josh Saddler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alec Warner wrote: [...] Gets my vote. Good idea. :) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEhFG6rsJQqN81j74RAsO1AKCybk+IHs6Bta0Jj/ZCoo2UP3YqZACeNLms bJowAD/7a9ukWOzX+qPVcAo= =a6gy -END PGP SIGNATURE- --

Re: [gentoo-dev] QA subproject, TreeCleaners

2006-06-05 Thread Eldad Zack
On Saturday 03 June 2006 17:43, Alec Warner wrote: I propose a new QA subproject, the TreeCleaners. Great initiative! I'm all for it. For a sidenote, If it is possible, can a unmaintained repo be created for removed packages? If an interested developer comes along the day some time later, and

Re: [gentoo-dev] QA subproject, TreeCleaners

2006-06-05 Thread Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
On Tuesday 06 June 2006 00:12, Eldad Zack wrote: If an interested developer comes along the day some time later, and the ebuild is untrivial, it can be a time-saver starting from the last version at some cases - especially if the ebuild was punted because of security issues. That's why we use

[gentoo-dev] QA subproject, TreeCleaners

2006-06-03 Thread Alec Warner
I propose a new QA subproject, the TreeCleaners. This is a delicate subject for some developers, other developers don't care, and yet others want the cruft in the tree removed. The Tree Cleaning project's main goal is to identify broken and unmaintained packages in the tree and either get

Re: [gentoo-dev] QA subproject, TreeCleaners

2006-06-03 Thread Henrik Brix Andersen
On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 10:43:39AM -0400, Alec Warner wrote: Questions and Comments are welcome, as always. Sounds like it will be a lot of work - but it a job that really needs to be done on a regular basis, imho. I would be happy to see such a subproject being launched. The rules you stated

Re: [gentoo-dev] QA subproject, TreeCleaners

2006-06-03 Thread Mark Loeser
Alec Warner [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I propose a new QA subproject, the TreeCleaners. Questions and Comments are welcome, as always. This has my support. Hopefully it will help us get rid of a lot of cruft that hasn't been touched in ages and doesn't even work. Thanks, -- Mark Loeser -

Re: [gentoo-dev] QA subproject, TreeCleaners

2006-06-03 Thread Mike Doty
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alec Warner wrote: I propose a new QA subproject, the TreeCleaners. [snip] +1 on this idea - -- === Mike Doty kingtaco -at- gentoo.org Gentoo/AMD64 Strategic Lead Gentoo

Re: [gentoo-dev] QA subproject, TreeCleaners

2006-06-03 Thread Stefan Cornelius
+1 from me, too. I also want to offer my help to this project, so ping me if needed. Kind regards, DerCorny -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-dev] QA subproject, TreeCleaners

2006-06-03 Thread Jan Kundrát
Alec Warner wrote: The maintainer tag must contain an active (non-retired) developer or team. Minor wording issue - what about ...developer or a properly functional team? Just in case all members of the team die... Cheers, -jkt -- cd /local/pub more beer /dev/mouth signature.asc