Hi,
What would you guys think about having a subset of Java packages be owned by a Java group? I'm mostly thinking of random libraries; jna, maven-*, etc. The idea would be that anyone in this group would get email about bugs, have permission to do patches/uploads, etc.
If there's interest in this, according to http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-devel-list/2008-May/msg00627.html Toshio can create it for us and help migrate ownership of existing packages.
Call it say java-maint@fedoraproject.org?
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Colin Walters walters@redhat.com wrote:
Hi,
What would you guys think about having a subset of Java packages be owned by a Java group? I'm mostly thinking of random libraries; jna, maven-*, etc. The idea would be that anyone in this group would get email about bugs, have permission to do patches/uploads, etc.
If there's interest in this, according to http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-devel-list/2008-May/msg00627.html Toshio can create it for us and help migrate ownership of existing packages.
Call it say java-maint@fedoraproject.org?
I think that would help with coverage of issues. The main problem is making sure that someone is taking ownership of a problem in the group so that something does not just get 'oh I thought Colin was working on it?'
* Stephen John Smoogen smooge@gmail.com [2008-05-09 13:53]:
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Colin Walters walters@redhat.com wrote:
What would you guys think about having a subset of Java packages be owned by a Java group?
Tom Fitzsimmons was going to start a Java SIG. Perhaps this can tie in with that?
[...]
I think that would help with coverage of issues. The main problem is making sure that someone is taking ownership of a problem in the group so that something does not just get 'oh I thought Colin was working on it?'
Yeah, that's my only issue as well. And it annoys me when I file a bug and see it go to xdg-maint@redhat.com or something since there's no guarantee anyone's watching that alias.
I'm sure those with a million packages like Deepak (dbhole) would really appreciate any help, though!
Andrew
On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 14:03 -0400, Andrew Overholt wrote:
- Stephen John Smoogen smooge@gmail.com [2008-05-09 13:53]:
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Colin Walters walters@redhat.com wrote:
What would you guys think about having a subset of Java packages be owned by a Java group?
Tom Fitzsimmons was going to start a Java SIG. Perhaps this can tie in with that?
Yeah, that makes sense.
[...]
I think that would help with coverage of issues. The main problem is making sure that someone is taking ownership of a problem in the group so that something does not just get 'oh I thought Colin was working on it?'
Yeah, that's my only issue as well. And it annoys me when I file a bug and see it go to xdg-maint@redhat.com or something since there's no guarantee anyone's watching that alias.
That is a valid concern - however, since Fedora is in general a community project, there's no guarantee that a bug will get a response even if it's assigned to an actual person.
As for knowing that someone's working on a bug - Bugzilla provides a mechanism for someone to take ownership of a bug (change state to ASSIGNED, reassign to your email address).
I think in practice, having more people see issues and work on them collectively will work out better than individual fiefdoms.
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Colin Walters walters@redhat.com wrote:
On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 14:03 -0400, Andrew Overholt wrote:
- Stephen John Smoogen smooge@gmail.com [2008-05-09 13:53]:
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Colin Walters walters@redhat.com wrote:
What would you guys think about having a subset of Java packages be owned by a Java group?
Tom Fitzsimmons was going to start a Java SIG. Perhaps this can tie in with that?
Yeah, that makes sense.
[...]
I think that would help with coverage of issues. The main problem is making sure that someone is taking ownership of a problem in the group so that something does not just get 'oh I thought Colin was working on it?'
Yeah, that's my only issue as well. And it annoys me when I file a bug and see it go to xdg-maint@redhat.com or something since there's no guarantee anyone's watching that alias.
That is a valid concern - however, since Fedora is in general a community project, there's no guarantee that a bug will get a response even if it's assigned to an actual person.
s/in general a community//
I have had more than my share of RH bugs that sat in UNASSIGNED for a long time :).. and I worked there at the time. :)
As for knowing that someone's working on a bug - Bugzilla provides a mechanism for someone to take ownership of a bug (change state to ASSIGNED, reassign to your email address).
I think in practice, having more people see issues and work on them collectively will work out better than individual fiefdoms.
That is true... as long as the workflow is clear.
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