On 29 March 2006 18:12, Schleimer, Ben wrote: > > Isn't the solution to have 3 levels: 'testing', > > 'probation' & 'stable' ? > > 'Testing' would be literally that, asking for > > feedback from users; > > 'probation' wb already tested for a defined period > > -- say 30 days -- > > How about a crazier idea: > > Each package has a stability rating from 0-99 per > architecture. > 0 means totally untested/unstable and 99 means rock > solid/no bugs. (0-33~unstable, 34-66~testing, > 67-99~stable) > Each new package starts at 50. Whenever a user uses > the package, he can then vote on it by giving +1 or -1 > (on the website or through portage).
Indeed, a crazy idea. Technical issues like stability, which technology to use, how to implement a certain functionality, whether a bug is fixed,... can not be subject to voting. Period. Someone actually has to look into the matter and decide on technical merits. Otherwise we should start a similar voting system on weather. 0 means abosulte crap weather, 99 means weather to sire heroes. 0-33: cold, windy, rainy. 34-66: so lala. 65-99: good weather. Each day start with 50 points at 00:00 sharp. Then the voting kicks in and we can all witness how the sun brightens over time. Except if you live in Namibia with all those farmers voting for rain. ;-) Uwe -- Why do consumers keep buying products they will live to curse? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
