On 25/01/2009, at 05.39, charliej wrote: > Two quick questions > > 1. Would anyone be able to "review" and leave "comments" on packages > (as it is now), or would reviewing packages be a MOTU only activity?
The reviewing and commenting procedures would not be changed. I think that REVU generally is very useful and works very well as a reviewing tool. It is certainly the best solution of any Linux distro I am aware of. For users of REVU, there would be mainly two differences from the present situation. Firstly, the page with the long list of packages that we have now would be partitioned into several pages, according to how far you've gotten in the process. Packages will spend the longest time on the "In Process" page, and so the user experience would be exactly like now, except the view would not be cluttered by other packages in different stages of development. The "In Process" and "Advocacy pages would still have a "needs- review" and "needs-work" section. Non-MOTUs will still be able to comment, in fact it's a great help when people do that. > 2. If I read your proposal correctly REVU would only be open for > uploads from the beginning of the release cycle to feature freeze? Exactly, that's the second difference users will experience in their use of REVU. NEW packages that users want to have reviewed will enter the "Unreviewed" page. So yes, a reasonable way to use this incoming page would be to close it at Feature Freeze like you say, or perhaps slightly before. But the MOTU team could also choose to close it for say, a release cycle, if they want to focus on another effort during that time. However, while the close is in effect, uploads will still be possible for packages "In Process", so the reviewing does not stop. I think the Ubuntu community will accept that solution, especially because people can "sort of" have their package in Ubuntu via the PPAs, to the benefit of themselves and their friends. And the community can also maintain their packages freely in bazaar on LP. I hope it's clearer now! Cheers, Morten -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list Ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
