Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 22:33:44 -0500 From: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: Jim Ohlstein <jim@ohlste.in> Cc: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What is the problem with ports PR reaction delays? Message-ID: <CAGBxaX=9TvA7D4f5PnWZwGzvVrZBO1HcP1X=C8hpDM2GVDNoJA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <52E47EF7.7040402@ohlste.in> 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> <CAGBxaXkCWAAfA%2B7x9-icTwO4Vd78EGOeh5-4eG3DUJ_gGVHT1g@mail.gmail.com> <52E46D44.6050403@freebsd.org> <52E47EF7.7040402@ohlste.in>
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> > I like the KISS approach myself. This can be boiled down to those two > issues, one of which is a symptom of the other. Arguing and debating over a > long term solution to the OP's question does nothing to solve the problem > in the short to intermediate term. There are 1680 current ports related > PR's at this moment. > The reason for the whole tangent was the observation that large number of the pending PR's are likely to fail one or more *BASIC* tests and setting stuff up to run those tests is trivial (like I said I voluneteer to do it)... the other main thread there was that some of the *IDEAS* of SCM can borrowed and incorporated into manual procedures (such as requiring a successful build before a human will look at it) the other one is a more formalized workflow such as the one that aegis enforces.... if just the first is done I think half the PR's can be cleared out immediately and if both then 80% can be cleared out within a few weeks -- Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org
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