On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 13:11 -0400, Christopher Aillon wrote: > Warren Togami wrote: > > Idea: Timeout Default, Configurable? > > ==================================== > > Default updates-testing timeout is 7 days. Package maintainer may set a > > different timeout period (i.e. 4, 9 or 14 days), or turn off the timeout > > entirely. > > Default should be off, IMO. Maintainer should have to set a timeout IMO > if they want it. I don't know that in 7 days I will have enough > feedback in all cases. Trying to get feedback on a hard-to-reproduce > bug might take 8 days. And if I forget to turn off the default timeout, > users will get a needless update if the fix doesn't actually work. > > I am okay with configuring the timeout as long as the default is off. > I have a different view on this. I would like updates-testing to be strictly for updates that are headed for the repository. As such, there should be no way to disable the timeout on updates-testing. This is to help those users who want to constantly run later packages from the testing repo to run them knowing that they are all candidates for release. Caillon has another valid use case. We've tossed it around before as some kind of sandbox repo. I'd love to see that enabled in addition to updates-testing so that you can push an RC, beta, or maybe-this-fixes-your-bug build to the sandbox; wait for _specific_ feedback that tells you that this build satisfies your criteria for sending out to the rest of the world; and then choose to push to updates-testing if that happens. Basically, I think there's two different audiences and use cases for "I'm pretty sure this is good, let's have people beat on it to make sure" and "this is probably a bad update but I need to have it tested and proven so I know what still needs fixing." The big question is, are we going to see sandbox repos that can enable this? If so, is it something of high or low priority? -Toshio
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