Re: Automatically testing package updates

[Attila Lendvai]

> If we do decide to keep bots in a separate realm as it were, it would be
> desirable (and in my opinion, important) if that still allowed for at
> least as much transparency that the issue tracker provides for human
> activities.


what other data would you miss that is not available in the git log?

sidenote: as a newcomer i found it rather off-putting that the bug tracker is 
full of random two-liner package updates, many long forgotten and even obsolete.

for at least two reasons:

 - it's a lot of wasted effort; the admin overhead of a simple package
   update is several times of the effort that goes into creating the
   patch. it gives the impression that the project organization
   doesn't value the time of its participants.

 - when i search for something, it's lost in the noise of boring and
   obsolete stuff in the issue tracker (package updates being one
   source). if a bot joins the "effort", i'm afraid it'll become that
   much worse.

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