Ansgar Burchardt <ans...@43-1.org> writes: > while reading algernon's platform I stumbled over the two sentences > "More packages, more packagers? A solved problem" and "Not raw, > packaging manpower - with hundreds of people, we have that covered".
> How do you think about the current state of reviewing uploads for > maintainers without upload privileges (for both new packages and updates > to existing packages)? In short: it's poor. While there have been many improvements in that area (the sponsorship-requests pseudo-package, continuing work on mentors.d.n, and so on), the manpower there IS lacking. Finding a sponsor is hard, and often time consuming. Package reviews are a bit better, as many are more willing to review than to sponsor (especially since non-uploading members of the -mentors@ list can review too, there have been and continue to be examples of that, and that's great). This is one of the areas where we need to find motivated people to help with reviews and sponsoring, on a regular basis, because right now, unless the sponsoree can find a team to work with, the whole process becomes very frustrating, very quickly. There are many things we can do to improve the situation, ranging from encouraging more prospective packagers to approach a team first, to things like improvements[1] to DebExpo that would make it easier for both teams and sponsorees to achieve the same thing. I would also love to see a "Review & Mentor" team, something that could work along and with the NM process, whose task would be to do just what the name suggests: reivew packages, help find a sponsor (or act as sponsor, as appropriate) and keep in touch with both sides. It's going to be a challenge to make this happen, but it's definitely something I wish to work on. Nevertheless, I still believe we have a lot of packaging manpower, we just need to organise and use that manpower better, and turn it from "raw packaging manpower" into "collaborative packaging manpower". [1]: http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2012/Projects#Semantic_Package_Review_Interface_for_mentors.debian.net -- |8] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87sjhchkiq.fsf@algernon.balabit