[arch-general] About user signoffs
Hi all. I would like to know how can we, common and lay users, give signoffs on the packages that we use in testing. I know that arch-public-dev is read only for non developpers and I would like to help too. Can we send the signoffs in this list? Thanks in advance. -- ------------------------------------------- Denis A. Altoe Falqueto ------------------------------------------- Milton Berle - "If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." - http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/milton_berle.html
2009/7/14, Denis A. Altoé Falqueto <denisfalqueto@gmail.com>:
Hi all.
I would like to know how can we, common and lay users, give signoffs on the packages that we use in testing. I know that arch-public-dev is read only for non developpers and I would like to help too. Can we send the signoffs in this list?
No, you can't. Only developers can send signoffs in that list. -- Arch Linux Developer http://www.archlinux.org http://www.archlinux.it
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Giovanni Scafora<giovanni@archlinux.org> wrote:
No, you can't. Only developers can send signoffs in that list.
Yes, I knew that for arch-dev-public, but can I send signoffs here at arch-general? I've heard sometime that a user's signoff would weight half of a dev signoff, but I don't know how can I do it. Thanks. -- ------------------------------------------- Denis A. Altoe Falqueto ------------------------------------------- Gilda Radner - "Adopted kids are such a pain - you have to teach them how to look like you." - http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/gilda_radner.html
Denis A. Altoé Falqueto schrieb:
Hi all.
I would like to know how can we, common and lay users, give signoffs on the packages that we use in testing. I know that arch-public-dev is read only for non developpers and I would like to help too. Can we send the signoffs in this list?
Yes please, do so whenever you can. Generally, you can reply to any thread on arch-dev-public as long as you send the reply to arch-general and personally, I appreciate such input. About signoffs: Usually, the most important thing is that there is no apparent breakage in the package, like a corrupted tarball or a binary that won't even run. So if you use some a tool and its basic functionality works, you can assume that you can sign off. However, it is even worth more if it is about a package that has exotic features which you use. Telling us that a rarely used exotic feature still works as expected tells us a great deal about whether a package has been broken or not. Another thing is that there's some packages in core which no developers use, but which must stay in core. One example is the new Intel 4965 ucode, which I don't have a single signoff for. For such small packages, user signoffs are vital (otherwise we must move those packages untested).
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Thomas Bächler<thomas@archlinux.org> wrote:
Yes please, do so whenever you can. Generally, you can reply to any thread on arch-dev-public as long as you send the reply to arch-general and personally, I appreciate such input.
Oh, thank you for the clarification. I always wanted to know, but was... well... afraid to ask :) And thanks for the tips about the signoffs. I think that paclist from the package pacman-contrib will be usefull to help me track what packages are in testing. Maybe it can help others too. Thanks again and my best regards. -- ------------------------------------------- Denis A. Altoe Falqueto ------------------------------------------- Timothy Leary - "Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition." - http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/t/timothy_leary.html
2009/7/14, Thomas Bächler <thomas@archlinux.org>:
Yes please, do so whenever you can. Generally, you can reply to any thread on arch-dev-public as long as you send the reply to arch-general and personally, I appreciate such input.
BTW and FYI, before I only referred to the arch-dev-public ML. So, here you can reply whenever you want. -- Arch Linux Developer http://www.archlinux.org http://www.archlinux.it
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Giovanni Scafora<giovanni@archlinux.org> wrote:
BTW and FYI, before I only referred to the arch-dev-public ML. So, here you can reply whenever you want.
Yes, I got that. Indeed, I made the wrong references. Thanks. -- ------------------------------------------- Denis A. Altoe Falqueto ------------------------------------------- Milton Berle - "If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." - http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/milton_berle.html
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Denis A. Altoé Falqueto
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