Michael K. Johnson wrote:
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 09:48:15PM -1000, Warren Togami wrote:
>Along with each announced test update, I believe it would be crucial to
>include a link to a corresponding Bugzilla report. While longer
This is probably a good idea, even if we need to create an
empty report for discussion.
Or fill out the empty report with content from a simple template. I'd
say information about why an upgrade, and perhaps the patch, etc.
>* Time-limit to publish where no negative comments are posted
within the
>Bugzilla report. Senior developers reserve the right to hold an update
> if a good technical reason can be stated. (Insert more details here.)
SNIP
Time doesn't really tell us anything. I'd like us to be able to get
some information on downloads, and then consider the time since some
reasonable number of downloads have been done. The amount of testing
that is going to be needed will depend on the package, and I'd think
that the package maintainer is going to be a good judge of how much
testing is needed. So I'd say we should come up with guidelines, but
be flexible. We need to look into providing the data on which to
base good decisions.
Also, security updates are clearly going to need to be handled differently
from bugfix updates, and new feature updates also differently. Security
updates need the most expeditious handling; bugfix less so, and new feature
updates will tend to need less-expeditious handling *and* a larger amount
of testing.
I guess I was mainly concerned about update packages sitting forever in
testing only because too few people care enough to test & comment on it.
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=35
I'd really hate to avoid cases like this... where we have a package
sitting in limbo for almost 9 months.
I'd say that 1-2 months would be a fair time limit for update testing.
At some point, maybe a week before the expiration date, there should be
warnings posted for a last call for testing. This would be an important
safeguard for the community so updates cannot be snuck in by default easily.
In most cases however packages would receive enough testing to make
publication far quicker and never necessitate invoking the expiration date.
Warren