On 07/07/2010 12:29 PM, mike cloaked wrote:
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Adam
Williamson<awilliam(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> Thinking about it, though, we could consider a slightly different
> process for the kernel, as it's a component that's *extremely* subject
> to different experiences for different users. I'm not sure the workflow
> we've designed will work terribly well for kernels. I suspect it'll be
> all too easy for a kernel which actually contains a major regression to
> be approved; all it needs is for a proventester who doesn't happen to
> own the hardware concerned to find it works fine on their system, and
> file a +1, and anyone else to file a +1 too, and it'd be approved, even
> though someone who does own the hardware might come by and test an hour
> later and find the problem...
>
> we might want to design a system for the kernel where all proventesters
> hold off posting positive feedback for a day or two, until several
> proventesters and regular testers have had the chance to check for
> regressions.
That was exactly my thought too - I saw these kernel updates were
there but thought that to satisfy the current criteria as best I could
I would wait and see what comments that came in to bodhi over the next
day or so looked like and then install and test. If I then saw no
negatives, and my own tests found no problems then I felt +1 would be
valid, but I wanted re-assurance from people here first. It would seem
that in this situation neutral karma from a proventester would not be
particularly useful as the package would not get the necessary push to
stable unless a proventester gives +1. If this is acceptable as a way
forward I would be happy with that but as you say for the kernel
perhaps an additional paragraph in the draft would be useful.
Silly idea...how about assigning a requirement that each bugfix (or at
least a majority of them) in a kernel require positive karma before the
kernel is blessed? The idea is that most bugfixes are just that--fixes.
Otherwise it'd be silly to release it, not so?
It's just a thought. It's the criteria I use when I release code.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, C2 Hosting ricks(a)nerd.com -
- AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 -
- -
- You possess a mind not merely twisted, but actually sprained. -
----------------------------------------------------------------------