Nathan Handler wrote: > However, the more I think about this issue, the more I > feel that more lists are not the correct solution. Your philosophy > behind adding more lists was to not have packages that already had one > advocate but received a non-advocating comment from a MOTU be sent to > the Needs Work list.
Well, the philosophy is rather to clearly separate packages in different stages of reviewing so they don't get lost in the muddle of entirely new, unreviewed packages, packages that have been abandoned, etc. The result is that packages might wait a bit longer for their first review, but should then progress faster as MOTUs will be able to focus their attention on packages that are steadily improving. > What if instead of lists, we had searches? These > searches would allow each user to specify exactly what type of > packages they wish to see. For instance, there could be searches based > on the number of comments, searches based on the number of days since > the package was uploaded, or even searches based on the name of the > package. We could then allow the user to choose which search(s) should > be displayed on the main page. I think that this would make it much > easier for MOTUs to find the packages they are interested in and > review them. I am interested in hearing what the rest of the community > thinks about this ideas. What you are proposing is a cool idea that would be very useful and flexible. In practical terms though, it sounds like a major revision of the interface, and from my limited knowledge of the software I can't say what it entails in terms of programming. Perhaps you can follow in my footsteps and make a mockup site that could present your ideas? My workflow proposal does not represent the ultimate system for reviewing; although REVU is really very good, I am sure one could imagine a much more powerful revuing system, for example under Launchpad auspices. My suggestion was based on a quite minimal change of the underlying software (despite that, it turned out to be a bit more than I had originally envisioned!) so it really is a compromise. Cheers, Morten -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
