<div>Hi Neal,</div>
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<div>Thank you for taking the time to post this and to make a proposal. In my opinion, the testing of packages is an essential function of the community and we should come up with a solution that accounts for the lesser volume of active participants in maemo these days.</div>
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<div>FWIW, the council (of which I am a member) suggested the idea of a limited number of "supertesters" to Nemein awhile ago. The approval of a single supertester would, in the absence of any disapproval, be sufficient for promotion. IMHO, there should be an open call for individuals to volunteer as supertesters but first crowdsource the qualifications so that we have an objective measure by which to select from the volunteers.</div>
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<div>Rob Bauer (SD69) <br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Neal H. Walfield <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:neal@walfield.org">neal@walfield.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class="gmail_quote">Hi,<br><br>I'm afraid that extras is dying due to a lack of interest in testing<br>packages.<br><br>Last month, I uploaded some Woodchuck-related packages to<br>
extras-devel. I asked on #maemo a few times for people to test my<br>packages. I asked on this mailing list. And, I asked on<br><a href="http://talk.maemo.org/" target="_blank">talk.maemo.org</a>. In the end, most of the testers were people who I<br>
know personally and asked to do me a favor and vote for my package. I<br>doubt that they actually tested it. This is a waste of time: it<br>doesn't improve the quality of packages and my time could be better<br>spent working on my package.<br>
<br>There is one person who appears to test packages: Harald Schmidt. He<br>has been designated a tester and appears to periodically check<br>extras-testing for new packages.<br><br>Given this, I propose that we use the following criteria for promoting<br>
to extras:<br><br> - 10 days incubation (unchanged)<br> - maintainer + 1 designated "testers" (e.g., Harald Schmidt) thumbs up<br> or maintainer + 3 non-testers<br><br>Thoughts?<br><br>Neal<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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