[maemo-developers] Extras-testing improvements

[From: Sascha Mäkelä]

I would like to see more interaction between the dev and the Testing Squad.
In the current system after the dev promotes the package to testing, all he
can do is to hope that everything is OK. If it's not, he has to promote new
package and everything starts from zero again. I don't think this good
enough for anyone involved.

What I would prefer would be a system where, testing is an ongoing process.
That is, the dev can make fixes/improvements according to the
bugs/suggestions reported by the Testing Squad and submit the updates
often/early, without things starting from zero again. After the Testing
Squad and the dev is happy with it, then the package could be locked and the
short quarantine time (like 3 days, for example) would start.

With current system either the package fails completely or
the improvements will have to wait for the next update. This is of no
benefit to anyone. The end users won't have as good apps as they could have.
The Testing Squad should be renamed to Border Control, because they can't
really improve any app. They can only block them. And finally, instead of
feeling a sense of accomplishment for contributing to the community, the
devs often feel just frustrated.

Cheers,

Sascha
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