Re: Guidelines for reviewing new packages.

2007-11-18 Thread Stefan Potyra
Hi, Am Samstag 17 November 2007 05:57:18 schrieb Emmet Hikory: > On Nov 17, 2007 5:52 AM, Stefan Potyra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My fear right now with these guidelines is that these will turn to be the > > ultimate criteria to +1/-1 a source package and people will not check if > > a packag

Re: Guidelines for reviewing new packages.

2007-11-16 Thread Emmet Hikory
On Nov 17, 2007 5:52 AM, Stefan Potyra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My fear right now with these guidelines is that these will turn to be the > ultimate criteria to +1/-1 a source package and people will not check if a > package is in fact good or bad but rather go through this checklist w.o. > loo

Re: Guidelines for reviewing new packages.

2007-11-16 Thread Stefan Potyra
Hi, first of big thanks for putting these guidelines together. It will certainly be a good hint at what reviewers can look at when doing reviews. My fear right now with these guidelines is that these will turn to be the ultimate criteria to +1/-1 a source package and people will not check if a

Re: Guidelines for reviewing new packages.

2007-11-12 Thread Justin Dugger
On Nov 12, 2007 9:33 PM, Scott Kitterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:13:45 -0600 "Justin Dugger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >It sounds like it sort of solves much of both problems. > > I'm not sure what you mean. I think it makes patch systems even more > critical becau

Re: Guidelines for reviewing new packages.

2007-11-12 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:13:45 -0600 "Justin Dugger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Nov 12, 2007 4:34 PM, Emmet Hikory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Emmet Hikory wrote: >> 1: http://kitenet.net/~joey/blog/entry/dpatch_dbs_etc_etc_etc_etc_considered_harmful/ > >On a longer term basis, did any progre

Re: Guidelines for reviewing new packages.

2007-11-12 Thread Barry deFreese
Justin Dugger wrote: > On Nov 12, 2007 4:34 PM, Emmet Hikory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Emmet Hikory wrote: >> 1: >> http://kitenet.net/~joey/blog/entry/dpatch_dbs_etc_etc_etc_etc_considered_harmful/ >> > > On a longer term basis, did any progress come out of UDS-Boston on > moving

Re: Guidelines for reviewing new packages.

2007-11-12 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:30:16 +0100 Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Emmet Hikory wrote: >> Reviewers and Packagers, >> >> At the recent MOTU Meeting, a set of guidelines for new package >> review was reviewed. This list is meant to supplement reviewers base >> opinions when

Re: Guidelines for reviewing new packages.

2007-11-12 Thread Justin Dugger
On Nov 12, 2007 4:34 PM, Emmet Hikory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Emmet Hikory wrote: > 1: > http://kitenet.net/~joey/blog/entry/dpatch_dbs_etc_etc_etc_etc_considered_harmful/ On a longer term basis, did any progress come out of UDS-Boston on moving the entire archive in bazaar? It sounds like i

Re: Guidelines for reviewing new packages.

2007-11-12 Thread Emmet Hikory
Emmet Hikory wrote: > At the recent MOTU Meeting, a set of guidelines for new package > review was reviewed. This list is meant to supplement reviewers base > opinions when reviewing packages, and provide for a relatively stable > set of criteria when packagers are deciding if their packages s

Re: Guidelines for reviewing new packages.

2007-11-12 Thread Stefan Potyra
Hi, Am Montag 12 November 2007 20:38:19 schrieb Jeffrey Ratcliffe: > On 12/11/2007, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: > > 4b. Contents of diff.gz should be in debian/. i.e. no inline > > patching. > > Absolutely. Especially if there are patches on patches, anything else > makes things really ha

Re: Guidelines for reviewing new packages.

2007-11-12 Thread Jeffrey Ratcliffe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/11/2007, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: > 4b. Contents of diff.gz should be in debian/. i.e. no inline patching. Absolutely. Especially if there are patches on patches, anything else makes things really hard for anybody to follow. Regards

Re: Guidelines for reviewing new packages.

2007-11-12 Thread Emilio Pozuelo Monfort
Emmet Hikory wrote: > Reviewers and Packagers, > > At the recent MOTU Meeting, a set of guidelines for new package > review was reviewed. This list is meant to supplement reviewers base > opinions when reviewing packages, and provide for a relatively stable > set of criteria when packagers ar

Guidelines for reviewing new packages.

2007-11-11 Thread Emmet Hikory
Reviewers and Packagers, At the recent MOTU Meeting, a set of guidelines for new package review was reviewed. This list is meant to supplement reviewers base opinions when reviewing packages, and provide for a relatively stable set of criteria when packagers are deciding if their packages sho