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

[From: Aniello Del Sorbo]

Apologies will be accepted in Amsterdam along with a bottle of beer :D

2009/9/24 gary liquid <liquid at gmail.com>:
> please accept huge apologies for spelling of your name Aniello :$
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:03 PM, gary liquid <liquid at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> :)
>>
>> this has been a good informative discussion.
>> since we are working on beta, can i suggest something.
>>
>> anidels point about app feedback *from the device itself* is important.
>>
>> if me as a user selects extras testing and installs a an app because
>> anidel said his new version  is there
>> from that moment on, it should be the device itself that monitors the
>> process.
>>
>> in the same way the crash reporter pops up and asks a question after a
>> crash, can we discuss a path to similar for testing apps?
>> perhaps if the app itself in testing had a flag added to its desktop file
>> (or some other way, a list perhaps *hand waving*)
>> and when the user has run the app they are testing, or 1/2/12/24 hours
>> after installing the user was directly asked
>>
>> "what are your feelings on this app?"
>>
>> it would give control directly to the testers and remove the disconnect
>> that currently occurs - I for one have major problems maintaining a big long
>> list of places and sites and things I should look for and the packages list
>> overwhelms me with multiple versions and complex filenames which mean
>> nothing to me as a user.
>> the app is installed on my tablet, it is a computer, it knows the version,
>> it knows the url path - i can give valuable feedback there and then.
>>
>> i dont know how practical or complex an app of this nature would be, but
>> we have enough toolkits and developers around who might help code something
>> up.
>> it should even go through extras-testing itself!
>>
>> gary
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Aniello Del Sorbo <anidel at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> 2009/9/24 Andre Klapper <aklapper at openismus.com>:
>>> > Am Donnerstag, den 24.09.2009, 11:48 +0100 schrieb Aniello Del Sorbo:
>>> >> My only complaint is on who has the final word.
>>> >
>>> > Again: It is the package maintainer, after his/her package has been
>>> > given 10 karma points by testers.
>>> >
>>> > andre
>>> > --
>>> > Andre Klapper (maemo.org bugmaster)
>>> >
>>>
>>> Thus I guess we need to work on what those testers should work.
>>> Is this being done?
>>>
>>> And what about the second part of the proposal?
>>>
>>> --
>>> anidel
>>> Sent from London, Eng, United Kingdom
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> maemo-developers mailing list
>>> maemo-developers at maemo.org
>>> https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
>>
>
>



-- 

--
anidel