Re: Time of a package to be processed by FTP-masters

2010-12-16 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 2:31 AM, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote: > I won't poke them to review my package, as if it was the most important > thing in the universe, before anything else.  I just wanted to ask about its > status and possible review because my package is already towards the fro

Re: Time of a package to be processed by FTP-masters

2010-12-16 Thread Luke Faraone
On 12/16/2010 01:31 PM, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote: >> We're in a freeze. Poking the FTPmasters will not be useful, unless >> there's a reason your package should get reviewed before everything else >> in the queue. As has been said before, the developer will be notified if >> there's a pr

Re: Time of a package to be processed by FTP-masters

2010-12-16 Thread Craig Small
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 07:31:56PM +0100, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote: > Why is this important? In this lapse of time of 2 months, my package (1.7.1 > version) was already obsoleted (by 1.7.2, with a lot of bug fixes). So I > was wondering if it's worth to invest time in creating a pack

Re: Time of a package to be processed by FTP-masters

2010-12-16 Thread Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo
On Thursday 16 December 2010 18:28:33 Luke Faraone wrote: > On 12/16/2010 11:08 AM, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote: > > On Wednesday 27 October 2010 16:24:38 Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote: > >>> 2.1- If so, what's would be the time appropriate to ask? 1 month for > >> > >> 1 Month sounds re

Re: Time of a package to be processed by FTP-masters

2010-12-16 Thread Luke Faraone
On 12/16/2010 11:08 AM, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote: > On Wednesday 27 October 2010 16:24:38 Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote: >>> 2.1- If so, what's would be the time appropriate to ask? 1 month for >> >> 1 Month sounds reasonable to me under normal circumstances. > > Two months have gone

Re: Time of a package to be processed by FTP-masters

2010-12-16 Thread Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo
Hi, On Wednesday 27 October 2010 16:24:38 Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote: > > 2.1- If so, what's would be the time appropriate to ask? 1 month for > > 1 Month sounds reasonable to me under normal circumstances. Two months have gone by, and no feedback. Is there any kind of alternative for thes

Re: Time of a package to be processed by FTP-masters

2010-10-27 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 5:25 AM, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote: > I've been hanging around in this list for a while, I think that I only > reviewed a package once (and replied to one question from your about the > correct way to test man pages :) ).  But most of the time it's because the >

Re: Time of a package to be processed by FTP-masters

2010-10-27 Thread Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo
Hi again, Thanks all for your informative and quick replies. You've covered all bases so I don't have any questions left, just one comment: On Wednesday 27 October 2010 16:04:19 Charles Plessy wrote: > Although a modest help, you may try to review some packages by yourself > when a public copy

Re: Time of a package to be processed by FTP-masters

2010-10-27 Thread Michal Čihař
Hi Dne Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:50:16 +0200 "Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo" napsal(a): > The matter is that I got a new version of an existing package compiled and > uploaded by a sponsor (I'm just DM so I can't directly upload my stuff), and > the package is stuck in the "new" queue of the ftp mas

Re: Time of a package to be processed by FTP-masters

2010-10-27 Thread Alexander Reichle-Schmehl
Hi! /me takes his ftp-assistant hat on. Am 27.10.2010 15:50, schrieb Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo: > So I am wondering whether my package has a specific problem (though I > was not contacted by ftp masters in any way), [..] If you have a working e-mail address, we'll contact you, if there is

Re: Time of a package to be processed by FTP-masters

2010-10-27 Thread Charles Plessy
Dear Manuel, accumulation of packages in the NEW queue is not uncommon, see: http://people.debian.org/~corsac/ Although a modest help, you may try to review some packages by yourself when a public copy is available, for instance on mendors.d.n or a VCS. The maintainers will probalby have enough

Re: Time of a package to be processed by FTP-masters

2010-10-27 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote: > 1- If this is normal, or if having to wait for >1 week indicates that the > package has some kind of problem. It is normal, especially during the freeze. The oldest package in new has been waiting 11 months. > 2- In the lat

Time of a package to be processed by FTP-masters

2010-10-27 Thread Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo
Hello, I don't know if the question is very appropriate in this list, but since it will be useful for new maintainers whose packages are uploaded to the archives, I figured out that it might be appropriate. If not, please point me to the correct place to ask. The matter is that I got a new ve