Adam Williamson <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I do. I don't believe all maintainers do. It's pretty hard to explain > why updates that completely prevent the app in question from working, or > even prevent the system from booting, got pushed in the past, if all > maintainers actually test their updates. I don't think it's so hard to explain as all that. It could well be that somebody tests a package, and it works *for him*, but breaks for many other people. An example of a very easy way for that to happen is a missed dependency on a package that he happens to have installed. I don't by any means disagree with the idea that testing packages before they go out is a good thing. What I have a problem with is the idea that an "unfunded mandate" for that to happen is going to accomplish much. A policy isn't worth the electrons it's written on unless you can bring resources to make it happen, and so far the resources have failed to materialize. Jawboning package maintainers is going to be an even more spectacular failure, because they have much more than enough to do already; and they're smart enough to know that turning them all into individual ad-hoc test managers is an incredibly inefficient use of their time. regards, tom lane -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
