[maemo-developers] Extras-testing improvements

[From: Attila Csipa]

On Tuesday 09 March 2010 10:02:19 you wrote:
> 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.

Agreed. While the clean slate approach does have a rationale, in the case of 
today's Maemo it is frustrating and not practical for many.

> 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,

No. The testing squad and testers in general also leave (I like to believe 
more often valuable than not) comments and suggestions. You will see plenty 
of 'X dialogue not finger friendly', 'use a hildon file dialogue', 'it is 
very slow while loading data', 'a WiFi-only refresh option would be good' or 
similar comments, which is all good feedback helping to improve software in 
the next iteration. And these comments DID NOT mean a thumbs down ! 

Also, a misconception - the testing squad does not 'decide' whether a package 
is in or out. A package can be both promoted and demoted without a single 
vote from any testing squad member. The way I see it, the primary task is to 
provide votes and comments to packages that did not receive enough attention 
from the community (in the form of other testers/votes). 

Regards,
Attila