New review process of the ubuntu app review board (ARB)

[Bhavani Shankar R]

On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 4:36 AM, Scott Ritchie <scott at open-vote.org> wrote:
> On 12/11/12 4:27 AM, Bhavani Shankar R wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Bhavani Shankar R <bhavi at ubuntu.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear fellow Ubuntu Developers,
>>>
>>> In this UDS, we the ARB had a discussion on relax the existing
>>> requirement of 3 votes from ARB members to get an app into the ubuntu
>>> software center (USC) [1] to speed up the process of app reviews on
>>> the ARB queue.
>>>
>>> In short, the proposal is as follows:
>>>
>>> Instead of requiring three +1s from ARB members, we will require one
>>> technical +1 review from any Ubuntu Developer, and one compliance +1
>>> review from an ARB member.
>>>
>>> So any developer who is willing to help with the technical review of
>>> apps (mostly a code and functionality review of apps) is welcome (the
>>> current review guidelines are at [2])
>>>
>>> We are also happy if any developer would like to adapt packages from
>>> the queue and update on a regular basis. (Many apps are even fit to
>>> make it to the universe repos or debian too. for instance: last year's
>>> one of the app showdown winner picsaw [2])
>>>
>>> If anyone is interested in this initiative and has any
>>> doubts/questions regarding how to contribute, Please feel free to
>>> reach us at app-review-board at lists.ubuntu.com or #ubuntu-arb on
>>> freenode
>>>
>>> [1] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/appdev-r-arb-review
>>> [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AppReviewBoard/Review/Guidelines
>>> [3] https://myapps.developer.ubuntu.com/dev/apps/1102/
>>>
>>> On behalf of the Ubuntu App review board,
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Dear fellow developers,
>>
>> Any feedback is highly appreciated.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>
> What's the central place we go to to view the queue currently, and does it
> reflect this change?  It would be nice if I could see x apps waiting on dev
> +1 and y apps waiting on ARB +1 and z apps waiting on both.
>
> Scott Ritchie
>

Hi Scott,

We do have a queue which shows the status of the app (i.e pending
review, review in progress, needs information from developer,
published apps and rejected apps) accessible for the ARB members and
ARB contributors, but votes and tracking does happen on the mailing
list and the portal doesnt have such functionality as of now.

David: Your inputs on the same please.

Regards,
-- 
Bhavani Shankar
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