[Bug 5863] New: automating binary packages build for each release

[Wine Bugs]

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5863

           Summary: automating binary packages build for each release
           Product: Wine
           Version: 0.9.18.
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: wine-ports
        AssignedTo: wine-bugs(a)winehq.org
        ReportedBy: jerome.bouat(a)wanadoo.fr


I wonder if binary packages could not be automatically build each time a new
wine version is released.

I mostly test applications running with Wine. I always have to wait for binary
packages before I can test a new release. At the present time, the delay before
I can test is made of the delay that the binary package maintainer needs plus
the delay that I need according to my diary.

What already appened to me (dates are not true) :
- day 1  : A developper asks me for a new test
- day 7  : I see the message and check for a new release.
           A new version was released at day 6
           but no binary package is yet available.
           I wait the binary package.
- day 12 : A new binary package is build.
- day 15 : I see that a new package is available.
- day 21 : I have time to perform the test
           but I see a new release is available.
           Thus I wait for a new binary package.

According to possibly side effects of one bug fixing, this highly decreases the
global wine bugs fixing efficiency.

I mean the binary package maintainer would always have a key role. When the
maintainer is not available, a default package could be generated with the
specification file of the latest release (but the version number). You could
wait 1 day before you automatically generate the binary package. This give a
chance for the maintainer to proprely generate its own one.

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