[maemo-developers] Maemo QA process

[From: Benoît HERVIER]

Hi,

Personnaly i didn't care anymore about extras.
If people need to use my apps i just ask them to use my repository. No
QA Hassle ... :)

And if someone want to package it to maemo extras repo he can ... but
in three month this didn't happen.

Best regards,

2010/7/21 Roman Morawek <lists at morawek.at>:
> Hello,
>
> I like to share my thoughts on the QA strategy of Maemo.
>
> I am the owner of an N900 program and promoted my package to
> extras-testing ca. 2 months ago. Right now there are only 2 votes on it.
> I wonder how many more months it will take until 10 persons vote for it
> such that I can promote it to extras (given that the votes are positive).
>
> I already have a bunch of improvements ready since several weeks.
> However, I do not dare to upload them because my package will start the
> evaluation sequence then again from scratch. I think this is a big
> disadvantage for the community, because the tool could already be much
> better. Actually, I think in the early lifetime of a SW project there
> will probably be a release every few months, which could permanently
> block the tool's promotion to extras.
>
> I personally see my program as very useful - well, otherwise I wouldn't
> have spent the time for development. I assume that just nobody is aware
> of it, since everybody just looks at the available programs in extras.
> At least this is what I did to search for useful tools.
>
> >From my perspective, the current QA process should be reconsidered.
> Maybe an automatic promotion after 4 weeks would make sense, given its
> actual package karma is positive?
>
> Best regards,
> Roman
>
> P.S.: You are welcome to evaluate and vote on my package:
> http://maemo.org/packages/package_instance/view/fremantle_extras-testing_free_armel/babyphone/0.1-2/
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Benoît HERVIER, Khertan Software - http://khertan.net/