Proven tester signup process
On Wed, 2010-12-01 at 15:59 -0800, Adam Williamson wrote:
I'm not sure I'd want to go quite that far unless the sign-up
process
can wave the proven testers instructions in your face quite prominently.
They're short and easy to read and understand, but you can't infer them
from first principles: we do want to have people read the proven tester
instructions before becoming proven testers. That's actually the *only*
requirement to become a proven tester. :)
Would it be appropriate to allow anyone to become a proven tester just
by confirming they have read the instructions? I'm an interested user
and very minor contributor, not a packager, and I have been using
updates-testing since April. I was turned off by the approval process,
but I would probably sign up if it were automatic. Then again, I'm not
using SELinux and don't wish to enable it at this time, so maybe you
don't want me leaving +1s.
One issue: as a proven tester, I would lose the ability to leave
non-proven-tester karma if I only have interest in testing a package to
lower standards. (It makes me wonder what the standards for
non-proven-tester karma are assumed to be. Is proven-testership the EV
of karma? Heh.)
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Matt