On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 10:20:36 +0100 Thilo Bangert <bang...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> similarly to the metadata.xml check, the following is a list of small
> problems related to the project metadata as found in the gentoo CVS
> repository.
> Documentation: Only 1 developers signed up for project!
Only one GDP member, eh? Your script is rather unreliable. Take, for example,
our GDP page:
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gdp/index.xml
It lists all our developers, as does:
http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/metadoc.xml?view=markup
Yet your script only seems to be looking at devrel's roll-call/userinfo.xml
file, which is autogenerated from the LDAP attributes each developer has. The
problem with checking LDAP for roles is that there doesn't seem to be a
standard way to label projects. For docs, you'll find the following roles:
French Documentation Lead
Documentation
Documentation, Developer Relations, Infrastructure
---> this one doesn't seem to be counted as Documentation, since it lists other
roles.
Documentation, Czech Translation
Translator Follow-Up
. . . etc.
There are LOTS more different references to working with documentation or
translation, some of them not even for the GDP. Normally "Documentation" refers
to the GDP, but I see some devs in there who are not on the GDP team who list
Documentation as a primary role. No standardization there whatsoever.
Another problem with checking LDAP attributes is that they tend to be very
out-of-date, even more so than project pages. People get their LDAP stuff set
ONCE, when they first join, then tend to forget about them for the rest of
their stay in Gentoo. Examples: all the Xfce (or XFCE) guys who are no longer
there, or anyone who's added six different teams and package herds since their
original responsibilities.
I wish there was a standard way of labelling existing duties, and I wish there
was an easier way to update the LDAP attributes. I think no one cares enough to
login to dev.g.o to change their stuff, as the process is tedious.
You may want to point your script at all our (sub)project index pages and check
for the <dev role> tag to see who does what, though that may generate some
false hits because not all of 'em will actually be Gentoo developers, as in the
case of arch testers.
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