REVU by Contributors (was: Order of packages on REVU)

[Kjeldgaard Morten]

On 08/11/2007, at 11.58, Emmet Hikory wrote:

> Morten Kjeldgaard wrote:
>> Another thing is that experienced non-MOTUs should be able to review
>> packages, which would help the flow through the pipeline, and also  
>> help
>> the MOTO-hopeful getting more experience.
>
>     I'd like to advocate the use of a pastebin during interactive
> discussions on #ubuntu-motu for this purpose.  It provides a means by
> which experienced contributors can participate in package review, but
> does so in such a way that 1) The comments are not persistant (in case
> there is a mistake), 2) REVU Comments are directly related to
> acceptances or rejections, and 3) MOTUs present in the channel may
> oversee the review, adding comments where appropriate.
>
>     I used this model as a contributor, and believe both that I
> provided real help to the packagers, and that I learned a lot from
> corrections by MOTUs when I provided suboptimal recommendations.

One does not rule out the other. The problem is, as pointed out by  
Jeffrey, that dependence on IRC may turn away a certain class of  
developers.

The point you are making concerning wrong advice from non-MOTUs could  
be taken care of by the web interface, e.g. corrective comments could  
be attached, the wrong advice comment could be deleted by a MOTU or  
some such.

-- Morten