> A time this doesn't work is if the packager is new, and has no > experience reviewing packages. Granted, learning to review is great, > but someone with a little more experience should probably oversee the > review. I know I stumbled through a few before I felt comfortable > doing some completely on my own, and still refer to experts on many. > > However, this method certainly does have merit, and please don't give > up on my account. I just know that when I was new to Fedora, that's > how it worked for me. +1 > I also like to know something about the packages I review. I mean, I > can rpmlint with the best of them, but since I don't run Postgres at > all, reviewing these packages (to me at least) doesn't make a whole > lot of sense. Maybe I wrong here though. I find that if I understand > the package, or at least the related items, I can offer a better > review; thus hopefully improving the entire Fedora experience. I agree. On the whole, I don't review packages whose functionality is beyond my ability to verify. While I'm by no means a Postgres guru, I've adapted a few of my own apps to support it, and have a test server. Then again, what better way to expand one's horizons? Learn by doing, no? > stahnma > > > On 4/11/07, Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@xxxxxx> wrote: >> Devrim GÜNDÜZ wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 03:19 +0300, Devrim GÜNDÜZ wrote: >> >> I'm looking for reviewers for these 3 PostgreSQL related packages: >> >> >> >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=229321 >> >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=229322 >> >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=229323 >> > >> > Still looking for reviewers... Also I submitted another one yesterday. >> > This is ODBCng package for PostgreSQL: >> > >> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235929 >> > >> >> Try exchanging reviews, look for a package you find interesting that >> needs a >> review and offer to review it in exchange for the submitter reviewing >> one of yours. >> >> This works for me every time. >> >> Regards, >> >> Hans >> >> -- >> Fedora-maintainers mailing list >> Fedora-maintainers@xxxxxxxxxx >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers >> > > -- > Fedora-maintainers mailing list > Fedora-maintainers@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers > -- novus ordo absurdum -- Fedora-maintainers mailing list Fedora-maintainers@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers -- Fedora-maintainers-readonly mailing list Fedora-maintainers-readonly@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers-readonly
