On 11/14/2013 12:21 AM, James wrote: > hasufell <hasufell <at> gentoo.org> writes: > > >> Our arch testers are understaffed and often don't really do general >> runtime tests (it's mostly assumed the maintainer knows about runtime >> issues). > >> I have often had a hard time to get some random users comment on >> certain packages or even assist on some runtime tests. I don't even >> know how many people use the package I maintain. > > > When a new package is installed or upgraded, there are notes that the > installer is optioned (and notified upon installation) about the > package. Might it be a good idea to put your testing pleadings > in the notes for those how install the package (stable, testing, > experimental or overlay) about how to contact whoever related to > the specific testing you want done? I. E. "eselect news" or is this > a bad idea? > > > JFFNMS is one of my favorite packages, so surely I'd respond on that > one. Hell, I often go and find the patches and post bugs pleading to > get documented patches installed on my favorite package. > > > hth, > James > >
I think people will not like having that in eselect news. There could be a similar thing like: eslect test-requests but the question is if that will get bloated and other stuff I'm not sure about. The easiest thing I can think of is a project site on our wiki which would also point to relevant bugs. Then again... who really wants to maintain that. All other ideas are even more advanced. I wonder if we could add a keyword on bugzie like REQUSERTEST... so bored users could easily get a list of such bugs. But who would really use that?
