Don't put new packages through updates-testing
Rahul Sundaram
sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Sat Jun 2 08:47:40 UTC 2007
Patrice Dumas wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 02, 2007 at 01:30:16PM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>> Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2007-06-01 at 20:32 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>>>> Hans de Goede wrote:
>>>>> Not true many reviewers review on the latest stable, it says nowhere
>>>>> that a review should be done on rawhide.
>>>> Review is about guidelines and nowhere in the guideline does it even say
>>>> that the fucntionality of the package should be tested. When I suggested
>>>> that it be added I got back a knee jerk reaction to participate in
>>>> reviews myself.
>>>>
>>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/ReviewGuidelines::
>>>
>>> - SHOULD: The reviewer should test that the package functions as
>>> described. A package should not segfault instead of running, for
>>> example.
>> I suggested that it the "SHOULD" be changed to "MUST". A package that
>> doesnt even start shouldnt be getting past reviews.
>
> For simple applications, sure, but for libs, modules and servers? And for
> example when the package consist in multiple commands should them all be
> tested?
The base functionality must still be tested. A application that
segfaults on startup should never get pass review.
Rahul
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