What are the "promotion" rules for cleaner files?

[bleachbit]

What are the "promotion" rules for cleaner files?

[nodiscc]

Hi, the pending/release split was decided a long time ago when this repo was set up. In short, cleaners in release/ have actually been tested over a long period (preferably by multiple users) and can be considered safe to run. I think @az0 planned to ship the release/* cleaners alongside the official bleachbit release but I don't know if this still stands.

If you want to add cleaner rules, you could add a new cleaner file to pending/* - I'll help with the review. Or we could place your changes in an experimental branch.

[az0]

This is a good question and deserves better clarification, and nodiscc is basically correct.

• pending: The best place for new submissions. Subject to only light review.
• release: Tested by time and by users.
• BleachBit: Heavily tested. Used by many users. (Some there now have not been maintained or are used much and could be demoted.)

I hope users will indicate testing through GitHub comments or pull requests. The PR could be a comment in the XML like "tested with application version 123.456 on operating system foo 2015.4"

In the future I hope to integrate "release" and maybe "pending" into BleachBit with over-the-air updates similar to Winapp2.ini.

If this is not enough description to write a contributing file, please reopen. Thank you!