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

[Bhavani Shankar R]

On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 8:45 PM, David Planella
<david.planella at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Al 12/12/12 00:06, En/na Scott Ritchie ha escrit:
>> 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,
>>>
>
> Hi Scott,
>
>>
>> What's the central place we go to to view the queue currently,
>
> Here's the queue of apps submitted to the ARB:
> https://myapps.developer.ubuntu.com/dev/arb/
>
>> 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.
>>
>
> It currently does not reflect this change, and I agree that it'd be
> awesome. As Bhavani was saying, votes are being tracked on the mailing
> list, but my personal preference would be that reviews are done from a
> central place (MyApps), where developers (who are not subscribed to the
> mailing list) can see the status of their submission.
>

Thanks for the explanation David. +1 from my side too (/me remembers
the REVU portal where developer advocacy could be counted by a status
change on the portal when developer advocates the app)

> In terms of implementing a voting feature on MyApps, the first step
> should be to submit a bug to
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/developer-portal/+filebug - but to set
> expectations, I believe at least this cycle is a maintenance mode one
> for MyApps.
>
> Cheers,
> David.

Thanks again for the explanation. I'll open up a report tomorrow if
nobody beats me to it.

Regards,
-- 
Bhavani Shankar
Ubuntu Developer       |  www.ubuntu.com
https://launchpad.net/~bhavi