[maemo-developers] How to use extras-testing correctly?

[From: Andrew Flegg]

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 14:22, Graham Cobb <g+770 at cobb.uk.net> wrote:
>
> The bottom line is that we need to try to use the process and see
> how well it works.

I've got a concern on the other side. There still seems to be
murkiness about what our processes are here - and these will evolve
through time, as you say.

For example, Tero's added a comment on the latest version of Attitude:

   http://maemo.org/packages/package_instance/view/fremantle_extras-testing_free_armel/attitude/0.0.8

Is that enough to stop someone clicking the thumbs up? Should it be?
Will anyone click it if no-one else has?

It's easy to find problems, but our basic QA procedure started off as
"installs cleanly, uninstalls cleanly, doesn't waste battery, has
human readable description, has nice icons" and now "uses /opt and
doesn't waste disk space if appropriate". These are detailed at:

    http://wiki.maemo.org/Extras-testing#Quality_criteria

Should someone be pressing thumbs up if a package meets those
requirements and has no blocking/crashing bugs? That doesn't seem to
be happening - is it because no-one's testing, or because no-one feels
clear as to what they should be doing?

Is it just a case of the "Quality criteria" being more clearly
communicated? Perhaps the bullet list of points should be embedded in
the /packages/ UI?

Cheers,

Andrew

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