Ubuntu Backports.... SERVICE?

Hi John,

you should talk to some of the launchpad guys...

especially daniel silverstone(kinnison at freenode) and celso providelo
(cprov at freenode).

... about your idea.

regards,

\sh
On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 16:52 -0500, John Dong wrote:
> Smack me if you think I'm losing it, but...
> 
> What do people think about a backporting [i]service[/i]? As in, a
> LAMP-based web portal where people can request packages to be
> auto-backported from Breezy, and then have a build engine sift through
> the requests, and notify users via e-mail when packages are ready to
> "pick up". 
> 
> 
> I think it's a great way to satisfy those impulse-backport-demands,
> and gives us valuable statistical insight as to what kind of stuff
> users want, as well as automated reports of whether or not certain
> backports go through properly. 
> 
> 
> I'm gonna get started writing such a system... the geek appeal is just
> too appealing :)