On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 9:04 PM Susi Lehtola <jussileht...@fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> On 05/31/2017 05:19 PM, Christopher wrote: > > On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 6:44 PM David Muse <david.m...@firstworks.com > > <mailto:david.m...@firstworks.com>> wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > I have a fairly large package that needs review: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1415612 > > > > and I've been offered a few review swaps for it, but the trouble is, > I > > don't really feel well qualified to review packages yet. I only > > maintain one other package (a pre-requisite for that one above) and > it's > > super simple. > > > > Should I just jump in anyway? How is this kind of thing usually > > resolved? > > > > At the risk of turning this into a "me too" thread, I want to thank you > > for asking this question. I'm in the same situation. I'm not comfortable > > reviewing packages yet. I'm sure there are others as well. So, on behalf > > of all us in this same situation, thanks for asking. I look forward to > > the advice that (hopefully) follows, from those more experienced. > > Sounds like a Catch-22: you can't get experience without reviewing > packages, but you don't want to review until you have more experience. > > However, this is exactly why we have the sponsor system in place. I've > found it a good system that the sponsor should ask for a few informal > reviews from their sponsoree candidates, and the sponsor then does the > formal review, checking if the sponsoree missed anything. > > Reviewing is nowadays a much simpler task than what it used to be, > thanks to the automated fedora-review process. It handles a lot of > things for you, but you still do have to go through some checklists by > hand. > > Do you have a link to an explanation of the automated fedora-review process, and/or some of these step-by-step checklists you mention? > I would suggest you do an informal review, and ask your sponsor, or > people on the list to check it for you. > -- > Susi Lehtola > Fedora Project Contributor > jussileht...@fedoraproject.org > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org >
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