Matt Domsch wrote: > As my job and family responsibilities have shifted over time, I have > been giving less and less attention to the FTBFS (fails to > build from source) process that I started 5 years ago on a "see, it > _can_ be done" lark. > > I think FTBFS has been valuable. Through the process, hundreds, maybe > even a couple thousand, bugs have been discovered and fixed before > they affected our users or downstream remixes and derivatives. I find > the breakage, file bugs, and the package owners fix them. Sure, > I get the occasional "why are you filling my mailbox with this" > message, but overall, the response has been very positive. > > Question is, is it valuable enough to the Project as a whole, that > someone else should take it on now? > > If so, should it become standard process of the Project, rather than a > personal project? With resources (koji servers) owned and managed by > the project, instead of the servers I could scrounge? > > FTBFS cuts across Packagers, BugZappers, QA, Developers, and Release > Engineering. As such, I think it needs to be part of standard > processes for the Project. > > Thanks, > Matt > > Agreed, I find in invaluable, and it should be standard. I'm not sure who the best group is to own it, though. -J -- in your fear, seek only peace in your fear, seek only love -d. bowie -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
