Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:37:11 +0200 From: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> To: Shaun Amott <shaun@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Solutions for the PR load problem Message-ID: <4C375E47.9020307@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <20100709172503.GA22795@charon.picobyte.net> References: <4C374B3E.90704@bsdforen.de> <20100709172503.GA22795@charon.picobyte.net>
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On 09/07/2010 19:25, Shaun Amott wrote: > On Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 06:15:58PM +0200, Dominic Fandrey wrote: >> >> To solve this problem with the current organization, my guess is >> that between 15 and 30 new active committers are required. >> Because I don't think this is easily achieved I want to suggest >> a different approach. And I expect many others also have their >> own ideas how this can be solved. >> >> Proposal: >> My idea is that experienced Maintainers get commit permission >> for their own ports. I don't even think such a thing needs to >> be enforced technically, after all who'd want to risk his >> experienced maintainer bit, however this is possible (and people >> would probably sleep better). >> > > The whole VCS debate has been had over and over; I think that for the > time being it is more constructive to look at changes we can make to our > existing processes. Anything that requires switching from CVS isn't > going to happen any time soon. You can also do this with CVS. > One thing that is sorely missed -- by me, at least -- is the ports > tinderbox mini-cluster we had previously (graciously provided by simon > and erwin). The major bottleneck in the review/commit process is the > testing part (again, I speak for myself). A set of tinderbox machines > representing the tier-1 architectures, to which we could grant > contributors access, would reduce the burden on committers (if a > patch/PR arrives with an accompanying log file). What needs to be done? (I.e. money, work hours) -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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