On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 00:26 +0100, Christian Iseli wrote: > On Mon, 1 Jan 2007 11:07:41 -0900, Jeff Spaleta wrote: > > If you really really want to do this, we should really really take a > > very hard look at toolizing some of the review process, as has been > > mentioned before. The more specific policy items we can script checks > > for the less manpower we will need to burn on re-reviews. Granted not > > everything that needs to be reviewed can be toolized or scripted, but > > certainly specific policy item that have evolved over time could be, > > like the python-abi defines, or the setting of the Fedora-Extras > > Category in desktop files. > > A few tools could help. I was semi-daydreaming some sort of exploded > review entry in the package database, where each must/should item has > its own entry, date of checking, who did the check, that sort of > thing. It sounds darn heavy-weight, but on the other hand, new > must/should item could be checked individually when new packaging rules > are devised, and some of them could be checked by tools like you > suggest... > This may help some but it's far from infallible. Packagers make changes to spec files, upstream packages add dependencies or break a package into tools + library. If we had time to do re-reviews of packages I'd much rather see a full review (with tools to help) than a partial review based solely on new guidelines since the last review. > I did some heavy trimming of my missing_review list, removing packages > appearing before July 2005, and also attempting to remove packages > resulting from name changes. I now have this short list of 82 packages > that appear to be recent, but where I can't find the review ticket. I > already tracked one to a typo in the review ticket summary field. If a > few kind souls have a little spare time, they might lend a hand to > help further shrink this list. Here's a few of the one's I know about: > devrim commandprompt com python-psycopg2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=199784 > extras-orphan fedoraproject org alacarte Renamed from smeg > lmacken redhat com python-paste-deploy https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=198288 > lmacken redhat com python-paste-script https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=198289 > lmacken redhat com python-sqlobject https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168923 -Toshio
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