[Mageia-dev] Proposal of a backporting process

Fri Jun 24 21:16:41 CEST 2011

Michael Scherer a écrit :
+>
+> ...
+>
+> - Someone request a backport ...
+>
+> - a packager decide to do it. ...
+>
+> - I am not sure on this part, but basically, we have 2 choices :
+>    - the packager take the cauldron package and push to backport testing
+>    - the packager move the cauldron package in svn to backport, and there
+> send it to backport testing.
+>
+> Proposal 1 mean less work duplication, but proposal 2 let us do more
+> customization.
+>
+> ...
+>
+> This way :
+> - packages are not sent untested, thus raising confidence in backports
+> - the QA should not be overloaded, and can focus on updates
+> - sysadmins are not overloaded
+> - people requesting backport see how QA work, and are involved into the
+> distribution as testers, thus creating a much healthier discussion with
+> packagers, and creating more incentive to help. And since they request
+> the package, they will be motivated to test more than stuff they do not
+> use.
+>
+> WDYT ?
+
+Overall I think that it is an excellent approach, for the reasons given.
+I don't yet understand the difference between proposal 1 and 2, so for the moment I don't have a 
+preference.
+
+Even though bugzilla might seem a bit cumbersome for requesting backports, otherwise I think that 
+it is an excellent tool for this purpose.
+We could perhaps have some sort of shortcut for filing backport requests.
+
+-- 
+André
+