Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 18:05:17 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com>, Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bernhard_Fr=F6hlich?= <decke@bluelife.at>, Big Lebowski <spankthespam@gmail.com>, ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What is the problem with ports PR reaction delays? Message-ID: <52E46D5D.4010306@mu.org> In-Reply-To: <52E44BC1.7040404@rawbw.com> References: <CAHcXP%2Bf6e-t--XbQPTH1goJp_CL7P=zTj5trZVWd4YZ_EsO9gw@mail.gmail.com> <CAGBxaX=t3e5SXoBDHnzAbx=SWbEFMJHNPQL13FnwNgKWM3gCiA@mail.gmail.com> <CAHcXP%2Bew5qt5hc9Y%2BR_njPkfhUMsDDAqNk9aYSacV4PwBmqjfw@mail.gmail.com> <CAGBxaXnXwo4JxnRdffZfdvfETfhgJNkFM-N23H1SOT0G3-oMwA@mail.gmail.com> <CAE-m3X2dQTTsbrTJg2iPT3qkfq7h9U8oGbRZXGAXH%2BJ2T4MFNw@mail.gmail.com> <CAHcXP%2BdtHPHT%2BFD8RdcqhGANBPf1Gk4N4coEpZY-eAuQE3iZtg@mail.gmail.com> <CAE-m3X2rWk-0k_yH1PK0iN_5YhvSh1UsV0VCrroJq==687X1ZQ@mail.gmail.com> <52E43A80.4030501@rawbw.com> <CAGBxaXnfb2yPZZCaf6mYzASzT13b68A8iPT6eUwUdU9W1ya_Qg@mail.gmail.com> <52E44BC1.7040404@rawbw.com>
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On 1/25/14 3:41 PM, Yuri wrote: > On 01/25/2014 14:44, Aryeh Friedman wrote: >> The key seems to be that no one has time to do the stuff they really >> want >> to do (get new ports into the system)... to that end automating >> everything >> that can be automated is sure help free up comitter time so they can >> look >> at what is interesting > > Yes. I just can't imagine any generic port tests that can't be > automated and coded into the script once and for good. > Ideal system should be like github with the added automated testing > between pull request submission and merge. It should either fail and > notify the submitter, or succeed and notify the committers. > > Today all committers do for ports is running some generic tests by > hand, like 'lint' with various flags. Install/uninstall/etc. No wonder > this isn't very a rewarding activity, and committers probably perceive > it as a necessary evil. The way how it is, it causes a waste of their > time. > 100% agree. -Alfred
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