The future of FTBFS?

[Jon Ciesla]

Matt Domsch wrote:
> As my job and family responsibilities have shifted over time, I have
> been giving less and less attention to the FTBFS (fails to
> build from source) process that I started 5 years ago on a "see, it
> _can_ be done" lark.  
>
> I think FTBFS has been valuable.  Through the process, hundreds, maybe
> even a couple thousand, bugs have been discovered and fixed before
> they affected our users or downstream remixes and derivatives.  I find
> the breakage, file bugs, and the package owners fix them.  Sure,
> I get the occasional "why are you filling my mailbox with this"
> message, but overall, the response has been very positive.
>
> Question is, is it valuable enough to the Project as a whole, that
> someone else should take it on now?
>
> If so, should it become standard process of the Project, rather than a
> personal project?  With resources (koji servers) owned and managed by
> the project, instead of the servers I could scrounge?
>
> FTBFS cuts across Packagers, BugZappers, QA, Developers, and Release
> Engineering.  As such, I think it needs to be part of standard
> processes for the Project.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
>   
Agreed, I find in invaluable, and it should be standard.  I'm not sure 
who the best group is to own it, though.

-J

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