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testing / qa process
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2006-10-13 14:26:42
Karanbir Singh wrote:

> Dear centos-devel'ers,
> The strategy to release testable rpms to
dev.centos.org, then request
> feedback and move the rpms to stable, when we have
enough positive -
> isnt working. We're not getting that feedback, either
positive or
> negative. 
... 
> So the issue :
> 
> The CentOS Project provides packages in addition to the
packages from
> RH's sources. We need to ensure that these packages are
tested in a user
> environment for a while, and only released to the
public via the
> mirror.centos.org network once there is some reasonable
surety as to the
> functional and bugs situation with the package.

Instead of blocking on (lack-of) feedback, I'd suggest
considering something
like:
1.  Put pkgs in "testing"
2.  If no bugs reported after X days/weeks, move out of
testing

At least this way nothing gets perpetually stalled in
testing.

-- Rex

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