[arch-dev-public] Web based signoffs

[Eduardo Romero]

On Sun, 2008-08-17 at 18:14 -0500, Dan McGee wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Eduardo Romero <k3nsai at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, 2008-08-17 at 13:39 -0400, Dusty Phillips wrote:
> >> 2008/8/17 Thayer Williams <thayer at archlinux.org>:
> >> > On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Dusty Phillips <buchuki at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> Esteemed ArchLinux Developers,
> >> >>
> >> >> Partially because Aaron asked for it and thinks it is cool and
> >> >> partially because all those [signoff] e-mails in my inbox are kind of
> >> >> boring to me (as a non-packager), I have implemented a web based
> >> >> signoff mechanism into archweb_dev.
> >> >>
> >> >> https://dev.archlinux.org/packages/signoffs/
> >> >
> >> > Nice work!  I think this is a great idea too.
> >> >
> >> > I only see one potential problem...what if someone accidentaly clicks
> >> > signoff on the wrong package?  For instance, I didn't really test the
> >> > cracklib, but I couldn't resist the urge to click it!
> >> >
> >>
> >> I can easily add 'unsignoff' functionality, but I'm not sure its
> >> necessary; this isn't the general public we're talking about and an
> >> e-mail to the maintainer saying "Ignore my signoff on package x" might
> >> suffice.
> >>
> >> But its up to you guys, its probably a matter of 10 minutes to add a
> >> view for removing a signoff.
> >>
> >> Dusty
> > Well, that would be a great addition, and also, packages from core are
> > the only ones supposed to be put through the signoff proccess. I know
> > this one might be a bit harder to implement, maybe not.
> 
> If it goes through testing, I don't think anyone is going to object to
> others signing off on it- if anything it will reassure them that
> everything went OK.
> 
> The rule is not "only core packages get signed off on", the rule is
> "core packages *must* get signed off on".
> 
> -Dan
OK, got it, I think there is a lot of catching up I have to do.