Le Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 09:18:06AM +0100, Gard Spreemann a écrit : > > The BTS is core to Debian. It is e-mail based. While I personally think > e-mail-based workflows can be quite nice, the BTS' asynchronous nature > did cause me a lot of extra pointless work when I was an outsider > attempting to learn the ropes. Being not 100% confident with the system, > I way too often found myself waiting minutes – as much as 10 or 15 – for > replies to simple operations. Not only because being assigned a bug > number is actually necessary in order to move on with some processes > like initial packaging, but also because of the mental toll that comes > from not knowing that a past operation successfully completed, and > worrying that I'd have to return to it.
Thanks Gard for your comment. I would like to add that it is not just a problem to newcomers. The time I can give to Debian is often 1 hour at most per day, and waiting times being 25% of my time budget can obviously ruin the day. And the lack of the confidence in the system can not be solved entierly by knowledge, skill or experience, because the core of the problem is that every year it is less guarateed that an email is really being delivered after being sent. Have a nice day, Charles -- Charles Plessy Nagahama, Yomitan, Okinawa, Japan Debian Med packaging team http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med Tooting from home https://framapiaf.org/@charles_plessy - You do not have my permission to use this email to train an AI -
