[maemo-developers] R: R: promotion to extras

[From: emme750 at gmail.com]

Hi,

the objection is correct, but:
 1) in testing there are packages that have more than 15 positive feedback and there are in testing for months. To my humble opinion, they are to be considered reliable as those in extras.
 2) I am convinced that there are orphaned packages in extras which may fall into the same problem than testing.

So, in my opinion, if Supertester have given the green light to these applications, I think it's fair that they be promoted in extras.

BR

Marco


-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Attila Csipa [mailto:maemo at csipa.in.rs] 
Inviato: lunedì 12 dicembre 2011 20:01
A: emme750 at gmail.com
Cc: 'Andrew Flegg'; 'maemo-developers'
Oggetto: Re: R: promotion to extras

On 12/12/2011 08:19 PM, emme750 at gmail.com wrote:
> You should also solve the problem of those applications that are ready to be promoted, but the maintainer is no longer "alive".
> For example, after one month of the release, the promotion may become automatic, or we should enable Supertester to do this.
>

This have been talked about, but stopped at a question - do you really want orphaned packages published in Extras ? If a problem surfaces or a bug gets reported, there is nobody to take care of it, and removal can get really tricky (who gets final say as how broken it has to be to ask Niels to remove it, what if there are other packages depending on the orphaned one, etc).


Best regards,
Attila Csipa