REVU, #ubuntu-packaging, and mentors.debian.org

[Scott Kitterman]

On 11/12/2011 01:08 PM, Allison Randal wrote:
> - The suggestion from the room was to close REVU now, and change the
> documentation to point new packagers at #ubuntu-packaging and
> #ubuntu-motu. It's not helpful to new developers to have a site running
> and all the documentation saying to submit their packages there, when
> they aren't going to get help there. The IRC channels are active, and a
> good place to get help on packaging, and to get to know the Ubuntu
> developers who might sponsor the new package, or advise the packager to
> submit it to Debian instead.

A web based tool to support publishing and reviewing packages seems 
somewhat orthogonal to IRC channels to get help packaging.  I think it's 
premature to shut down REVU until DEBEXPO is a full replacement (the 
most critical thing for me it was missing last I checked was the ability 
to give diffs of subsequent uploads of a package with the same 
version/revision.

Scott K