Re: Order of packages on REVU (was: Re: Frustration)

2007-11-10 Thread Stefan Potyra
Hi again, until now I've cleaned up the code to the point where separate tables are possible, so that it might happen tomorrow eventually. I'll announce any changes on #ubuntu-motu (which usually include two to three attempts of REVU breakage) However right now there is already a new icon: * m

Re: Order of packages on REVU (was: Re: Frustration)

2007-11-10 Thread Stefan Potyra
Hi, Am Sonntag 04 November 2007 16:39:48 schrieb Emmet Hikory: > Stefan Potyraのメッセージに: > > Am Sonntag 04 November 2007 15:53:39 schrieb Emmet Hikory: > > > First: > > > Oldest-first list of packages where there is at least one > > > advocation, and any comments after the advocation are by the

Re: Order of packages on REVU (was: Re: Frustration)

2007-11-04 Thread Emmet Hikory
Stefan Potyraのメッセージに: > Am Sonntag 04 November 2007 15:53:39 schrieb Emmet Hikory: > > First: > > Oldest-first list of packages where there is at least one > > advocation, and any comments after the advocation are by the uploader. > > > > Second: > > Oldest-first list of packages where any

Re: Order of packages on REVU (was: Re: Frustration)

2007-11-04 Thread Stefan Potyra
Hi Emmet, Am Sonntag 04 November 2007 15:53:39 schrieb Emmet Hikory: > Am 11/4/07, schreib Stefan Potyra: > > Am Freitag 02 November 2007 14:27:42 schrieb Jeffrey Ratcliffe: > > [..] > > > > > The order of the packages on REVU seems to be semi-random. > > > > [..] > > > > It's not semi-random, but

Re: Order of packages on REVU (was: Re: Frustration)

2007-11-04 Thread Emmet Hikory
Am 11/4/07, schreib Stefan Potyra: > Am Freitag 02 November 2007 14:27:42 schrieb Jeffrey Ratcliffe: > [..] > > The order of the packages on REVU seems to be semi-random. > [..] > > It's not semi-random, but rather mainly based on activity (iirc, number of > comments, number of advocations play a r

Order of packages on REVU (was: Re: Frustration)

2007-11-04 Thread Stefan Potyra
Hi, Am Freitag 02 November 2007 14:27:42 schrieb Jeffrey Ratcliffe: [..] > The order of the packages on REVU seems to be semi-random. [..] It's not semi-random, but rather mainly based on activity (iirc, number of comments, number of advocations play a role in the order). The formula to calcul

Re: Frustration

2007-11-03 Thread Sarah Hobbs
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 This would be a new revision of an existing package, not a package new to Ubuntu. The two are very different, and one is much easier than the other. Also, it doesn't have to be checked by the archive admins again, which is good - makes it faster. Ho

Re: Frustration

2007-11-03 Thread Michael Bienia
On 2007-11-02 14:00:53 -0400, Stephen Sinclair wrote: > I listen in on this list just to occasionally get these kinds of > insights. I find it odd, though, that MOTU is more interested in > reviewing and accepting bug fixes than in new packages. It seems to > me that there are two kinds of packag

Re: Frustration

2007-11-03 Thread Jeffrey Ratcliffe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/11/2007, Scott Kitterman wrote: > New packages require an understanding of pretty well all aspects of Debian > packaging. With bug fixing, it's only a little bit at a time usually. As a > result, bug fixing is genuinely a better place to start

Re: Frustration

2007-11-02 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Friday 02 November 2007 14:00, Stephen Sinclair wrote: > Hello, > > > Getting new packages into Ubuntu is one of the most challenging ways to > > get involved in MOTU and packaging (it's how I did it too). You can also > > help with fixing bugs in existing packages and merging updates from > >

Re: Frustration

2007-11-02 Thread Emilio Pozuelo Monfort
Stephen Sinclair wrote: > Hello, > >> Getting new packages into Ubuntu is one of the most challenging ways to get >> involved in MOTU and packaging (it's how I did it too). You can also help >> with fixing bugs in existing packages and merging updates from Debian. These >> are generally easier t

Re: Frustration

2007-11-02 Thread Stephen Sinclair
Hello, > Getting new packages into Ubuntu is one of the most challenging ways to get > involved in MOTU and packaging (it's how I did it too). You can also help > with fixing bugs in existing packages and merging updates from Debian. These > are generally easier to do and give you good experienc

Re: Frustration

2007-11-02 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Friday 02 November 2007 10:53, Jeffrey Ratcliffe wrote: > On 02/11/2007, William wrote: > > You should upload to REVU > > I did. > > > Please ask MOTUs in #ubuntu-motu (irc.freenode.net) to review you package > > I am almost never in a position to be on IRC. I had rather assumed > that the emai

Re: Frustration

2007-11-02 Thread Jeffrey Ratcliffe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/11/2007, William wrote: > You should upload to REVU I did. > Please ask MOTUs in #ubuntu-motu (irc.freenode.net) to review you package I am almost never in a position to be on IRC. I had rather assumed that the email generated by the upload t

Re: Frustration

2007-11-02 Thread Jeffrey Ratcliffe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/11/2007, Emmet Hikory wrote: > Apologies for the lack of response. REVU has been receiving > little to no reviews since the Gutsy Feature Freeze. The first > scheduled REVU day for the Hardy cycle is the 5th of November, at > which point y

Re: Frustration

2007-11-02 Thread William
Hi Jeff! On 11/2/07, Jeffrey Ratcliffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've been trying to do some packaging and am a little frustrated by the > process. > > When I decided to package v2 of tesseract > (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tesseract/+bug/130848), > REVU was down, so on the premis

Re: Frustration

2007-11-02 Thread Emmet Hikory
On 11/2/07, Jeffrey Ratcliffe wrote: > I've been trying to do some packaging and am a little frustrated by the > process. > > When I decided to package v2 of tesseract > (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tesseract/+bug/130848), > REVU was down, so on the premise that a Debian developer is

Frustration

2007-11-02 Thread Jeffrey Ratcliffe
I've been trying to do some packaging and am a little frustrated by the process. When I decided to package v2 of tesseract (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tesseract/+bug/130848), REVU was down, so on the premise that a Debian developer is an Ubuntu developer, I uploaded to mentors.debia