Nikolay Vladimirov <nikolay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 2008/12/3 Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > > Le Mer 3 décembre 2008 08:57, Nikolay Vladimirov a écrit : > > > >> The point of rawhide is to be broken :). > > > > No it isn't. The point of rawhide is to get different development > > tracks in sync, in a non-broken state that can be QAed. > >Le Mer 3 décembre 2008 09:42, Nikolay Vladimirov a écrit : > > You're right. This statement was intended to be humorous, reflecting > > on the general case that there is always something not working as it > > should(or as you expect it) . > 2008/12/3 Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > >Such statements are dangerous because they lower tester expectations > >(causing them not to report problems or not to test at all) and > >confort packagers that dump broken packages in rawhide without > >pre-testing and without allocating time to process problem reports > >once testes complain. > I disagree. Just sharing my experience with rawhide. Yes, rawhide is a bit broken most of the time. Yes, that does lower my expectations somewhat. No, it doesn't cause me not to report problems, I run rawhide precisely because I want to help out a bit by testing and reporting problems. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile 2340000 Fax: +56 32 2797513 -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
