-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 18 January 2004 19:19, Arvand Sabetian wrote: > Hello, > > I noticed that a lot of packages are being put out however some are not > being tested (QAed?). This is probably the reason they are not being > published even a week after they are created. My question is that do you > think it is possible to run VMware (http://www.vmware.com/) and install > RH 7.3/8.0/9.0 then test the packages using this? Or would the testing > not be accurate as it is being done in VMWare? Vmware is a perfect tool for this. If I did not have a seperate machine for which to do my work, I'd use vmware. > Also, how thorough of a testing do you require? I realize vulnerability > and functionality tests are a must but I sometimes don't even understand > the vulnerability rather than test it. So on some packages I would only > be able to tell if they install fine and whether they work or not. http://www.fedora.us/wiki/PackageSubmissionQAPolicy Run through that, with the idea that the package has already been published, we're just adding a little bit to it. Disregard most the stuff about spec file changes, as we are trying to modify as little as possible. - -- Jesse Keating RHCE MCSE (http://geek.j2solutions.net) Fedora Legacy Team (http://www.fedora.us/wiki/FedoraLegacy) Mondo DevTeam (www.mondorescue.org) GPG Public Key (http://geek.j2solutions.net/jkeating.j2solutions.pub) Was I helpful? Let others know: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=jkeating -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAC2tG4v2HLvE71NURAhE2AJ9jYZFMrXDiV7hoJ4s0waveTzIPegCZAdlp aaSmyKHH7vMSfSNLKAEp08A= =Ty8N -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
