Hi Morten, Am Saturday 21 February 2009 19:32:13 schrieb Morten Kjeldgaard: > Hi MOTUs, > > I propose that we establish a PPA staging area for certain packages in > REVU. > > There are several reasons why this could be practical: > > * At times, uploaders submit library packages, and also have other > packages that depend on that library package uploaded for review. With > the REVU PPA in listed in the pbuilder environments, it will be easy > to build and review the dependent packages, without having to wait for > the library package to reach the final archive.
hm... not too sure: Just adding *all* packages on revu to my pbuilder
environment is something which I feel uncomfortable with. Personally, I use
mini-dinstall for this task, because it lets me explicitely select which
package I want to be able to see in my pbuilder environment.
>
> * With the packages in a staging area, it would be easier and more
> convienient to invite people to do some preliminary installation and
> testing of the packages.
that's a good point.
>
> * We can continue some level of reviewing and uploading, even during FF.
With my motu-release hat on, I'm not too fond of this idea: FF has also the
social component to shift people towards fixing bugs instead of reviewing new
packages.
>
> * Certain build problems with packages might be exposed before being
> uploaded to the final archive.
Yes. That would be good. I even think, that ideally every package uploaded to
REVU should get autobuilt. However using a ppa for this would need the
acceptance of launchpad developers, as it might contain indistributable code.
Can you check with lp devs about this?
Cheers,
Stefan.
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