Approving Spins

["Jóhann B. Guðmundsson"]

On 12/06/2012 03:30 PM, Christoph Wickert wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, den 06.12.2012, 10:57 +0000 schrieb "Jóhann B.
> Guðmundsson":
>> On 12/06/2012 09:24 AM, Christoph Wickert wrote:
>>> Am Donnerstag, den 06.12.2012, 00:08 +0000 schrieb "Jóhann B.
>>> Guðmundsson":
>>>> If memory serves me correct ( think we where talking about this year or
>>>> two back ) the board/spin sig and QA had to initially sign off a new spin.
>>> Does QA test anything besides GNOME and KDE? If not, why should they
>>> have to sign off a spin?
>> Ensure any QA assurance is done on any hands out media for the project.
> Not really. LXDE and Xfce are handed out, but they are hardly tested, at
> least not by QA folks.
>
> I think it's good to *consult* QA and let them know "hey, there is a new
> spin", but as long as there is no guarantee it gets tested properly, I
> don't see why QA would have to *sign it off*.

If we would not have "default" or specific "release blocking desktop"  
we would be testing this in QA even thou we prefer that each spin 
community handles their own spin testing ( Including the Gnome community 
) against our criteria.

JBG