[csw-maintainers] Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)

[Maciej (Matchek) Bliziński]

Funny we talked about the bus factor just now. I had a road accident two
weeks ago and I'm now in a hospital due to some complications. I'm on a
good way to recovery but I'm strongly computer-limited for a few days.

I was expecting to be back by now and writing the docs but it'll take me a
few additional days to be back in business^Wvolunteering.

Maciej

PS: top posting because phone
No dia 15/08/2013 10:51, "Peter FELECAN" <pfelecan at opencsw.org> escreveu:

> "Maciej (Matchek) Bliziński" <maciej at opencsw.org> writes:
>
> > 2013/8/15 Peter FELECAN <pfelecan at opencsw.org>:
> >>>> 2. As for the persons implementing this, from an efficiency point of
> >>>>    view, who are the best suited candidates in your opinion?
> >>>
> >>> Anyone who cares and understands at least a little bit of Python.
> >>> Whoever does it, will have to walk through multiple stages and levels
> >>> of data processing. If someone new takes on this task, they will learn
> >>> a lot about the infrastructure and improve our bus factor (yay!).
> >>
> >> My question wasn't innocent as I read some parts of the code and I must
> >> confess that an architecture documentation, at least, is missing to
> >> understand the thing. For example I'll had a great difficulty to set up
> >> a test platform to explore the needed modifications.
> >
> > The problem with the buildfarm is that until other people tried, it
> > has ever been installed once. Then it was modified several times. We
> > didn't even know if it is still possible to install from scratch .
> >
> > In January this year, I've attempted to make an instructional video
> > how to set up a private buildfarm. I've realized that using the
> > resources I had at home, it was impossible. I've set out to adapt the
> > code so that you can set up a build host on a small virtual machine.
> > I'm working on the rewrite to this day; it is my priority.
> >
> > With regard to documentation, what level of detail do you think is
> > optimal? I'm willing to write the documentation, but I'd prefer that
> > someone reads it as I'm writing it so I have feedback if I'm on the
> > right track at all.
>
> This is an endeavor that I like and think necessary. I'm a volunteer for
> this: being a guinea pig for building a farm using your documentation
> and I'll give plenty of feedback in the process. We can use a different
> thread such as the process is public and well identified and others can
> chime in or even follow the construction themselves.
>
> >> I think that the
> >> effort needed to implement this by a novice is at least one order of
> >> magnitude greater than that for one who already knows the code and
> >> architecture.
> >
> > You're right, but there's no way around this; and me implementing it
> > isn't a solution. It only delays the symptoms. It's better for another
> > person to attempt now and have me to answer their questions. If a bus
> > hit me, it'd be worse.
>
> Yeah, the bus metaphor... OK, lets take an insurance against that
> undesirable event and proceed. The only thing which bothers me is that,
> for the purpose of the initial subject, i.e. NMU, is quite a yak shaving
> session. But I'm used to it, I do that more than what I really wish to
> focus on.
>
> --
> Peter
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