[csw-maintainers] Contents of devel@ list

[Trygve Laugstøl]

Philip Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 08:59:32PM +0100, Dagobert Michelsen wrote:
>> When I move a package to www.opencsw.org:/newpkgs I write a
>> mail to the unstable release manager (read: you) and you
>> process it. This usually occurs within a day or two and
>> you usually write back a mail that the package is accepted.
>> The idea is to have this formalized like that when you
>> batch the package for master mirror distribution an email
>> is send automatically to devel@ that this has been done.
> 
> Oh.... you are trying to keep an eye on the part between
> 
> "i copy it into the batching area"
> vs
> "it goes public".
> 
> because in the past, I have sometimes taken a while between the two.
> As a side note, I anticipate that gap to be much much shorter these days,
> since the processes runs smoother for me now. 
> 
> Additionally, our front webpage, and the "newpkgs" mailing list, both
> actually get their information from the internal batching area :-}
> So we already have an "updated daily" reference of what is in that area.
> 
> As mentioned previously, I could make the front web page updated hourly, if
> you like.
> Unless people really want an actual individual EMAIL to go out somewhere, 
> every time a package hits that area.
> 
> Do people want to see that? or is the insert on www.opencsw.org enough?
> (either once a day, or once an hour?)

I wouldn't mind an email when a packages moves from one state to
another. I would also like an Atom feed with new and updated packages so
that people can follow the changes.

In the future I wouldn't mind including the change log of what's changed.

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Trygve