[maemo-developers] Package promoting

[From: Graham Cobb]

On Thursday 23 September 2010 09:10:08 Polyvertex wrote:
> Also, this does not mean it has to become anarchy and
> application/virus/bug bombing just because there are 2 repositories
> instead of 3.

If that is your main concern, I think it is easily addressed.  There are 3 
repositories instead of 2 because there are many cases where a package is 
built (and automatically put into extras-devel) but the developer does not 
want to start the testing process yet.  Maybe they discovered an important 
bug just after they submitted the build, or they have only created half the 
functionality but wanted to check it builds in the autobuilder, or they have 
not yet completed the icons or the help but they want other members of their 
team to be able to start doing some testing, or they are responsible for a 
library and need the various applications which use the library to try it 
out, or ...

There is no time delay on moving from extras-devel to extras-testing.  *That* 
is the step that happens purely based on the developer's own opinion.  They 
can do it in minutes or they can wait weeks -- up to them.

Extras-devel is not a testing repository, it is an integration repository -- 
it is where things go for the developer to check it really built correctly 
and for the developer to check it works with the latest versions of other 
components (mainly libraries).  

Graham