On 04/01/2013 11:06 PM, Luca Falavigna wrote: > On the other hand, FTP Team is willing to fast-track NEW packages > anytime, if needed.
That's simply not truth. I can't let you say that and not reply. And I'm happy we come to this topic. I've sent a mail to the FTP masters last January (IIRC) about it, because I'm working on Openstack, which has release cycles of 6 months. I've been working on these packages days and nights, hoping that I would make it for the next release of Openstack. As it stand, I still have some python packages in the NEW queue, from the *last* version of Openstack, released nearly 6 months ago. I did the upload nearly 3 months ago for Cinder. I'm still waiting. And I'm not even talking about the python dependencies that I need for the next release of Openstack, due in 3 days. Absolutely all of them were uploaded for Experimental. There is absolutely no transition problem with my packages. The result is a real disaster for my development. There was talks about doing the packaging of Openstack together, with Ubuntu and Debian. But as it stands, I don't think I'm in a good position to ask for that, since it can take a random time for my packages to get reviewed and finally accepted. Now, if anyone tells me that Debian isn't adapted for such a fast development as Openstack, I will be forced to agree. My only option (which I am already doing) is using a private non-official repository, which is really not a satisfying solution. I even proposed my help for the review process (of other packages, not mine, of course...). This was a no-go refusal. I haven't seen either that the FTP team asked for help and new members, if I am seen as not qualified and the team is understaffed! I by the way agree with Joachim that the unpredictability of the processing time is the most irritating part of it all. I really don't understand why all development has to be completely stalled during the freeze. The only answer I had from the FTP-masters was "we are frozen, have you noticed?"... ... Thomas Goirand (zigo) BTW: http://ftp-master.debian.org/stat.html shows that everything started to get stuck around mid-december. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/515b40d0.6090...@debian.org
