Re: [PEAR-QA] Closed bugs; no release

On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Daniel O'Connor
<[email protected]> wrote:
> So, I just slogged through 2003's unreleased packages; and we're upto 2004.
> http://pear.php.net/qa/packages_closed_reports_no_release.php
>
> If we can't get a QA release out in around 6-7 years, I think it's safe to
> say we should rethink the process a bit.
> I'm worn out after doing a mere 10 or so of the 200+ pending releases.
>
> What can we automate?
> Can someone check the 'you have bugs open cron' too?
> What restrictions can we abolish?
>
> What can we do to maintain the spirit of
> http://pear.php.net/pepr/pepr-proposal-show.php?id=60 whilst tweaking it to
> deal with 200+ dead or dying packages?
>
> My thoughts:
> *Hand out PEAR QA karma to lots more active developers* - aim to get the
> size of the active QA group to around 10-20.
> Cull QA karma from inactive users. 6/12 months with no qa-ish actions =
> thanks for your time.
> Build trunk packages automatically (I got this bit working); and put them in
> an easy publishing queue ("approve this release" => uploads .tar.gz, pear
> svntags from package.xml) - help wanted
>
I can help with this if you want.

Greetings