I spent the morning working up a short script to parse http://nm.debian.org/nmlist.php and gather a list of all individuals that are listed as waiting for DAM approval. With this list, and the specific applicant status page, I've worked up the following list (sorted by date oldest to first). If the applicant's status page included any DAM comments they are included.
First thing you should notice from this list is that there's an applicant that's been waiting on DAM approval with no comment for over 3 years (almost 3 1/2 years). Yes, 3+ years! That's absolutely ludicrous! 5 applicants have been waiting for two years or longer. 3 of them have a comment from DAM as to why. 24 applicants have been waiting for a year or longer. 13 of them have a comment from DAM as to why. 32 applicants have been waiting for 6 months or longer. 16 of them have a comment from DAM as to why. This is absolutely crazy! If there's a good reason for these people to be waiting this long, update their status page and let them know why. 2000-01-27 - Goswin Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=brederlo%40informatik.uni-tuebingen.de 2000-12-17 - Eray Ozkural <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=erayo%40cs.bilkent.edu.tr * DAM Comment: Have asked applicant to get 5 sponsors. 2001-01-24 - Dwayne Litzenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=dlitz%40dlitz.net 2001-03-11 - Beiad Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=idalton%40ferret.dyndns.org * DAM Comment: Need to call; mailed.bounced; resent to yet another * address. 2001-07-06 2001-06-02 - Fredrik Liljegren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=fredrik%40liljegren.org * DAM Comment: tbm is looking at this applicant for me.has no package * in the archive [tbm] 2001-08-30 - Gustavo Franco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=stratus%40alternex.com.br 2001-09-24 - Tommy Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=stp1800%40earthlink.net 2001-10-24 - Marc Horowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=marc%40mit.edu * DAM Comment: needs a package in the archive [tbm] 2001-11-14 - Sam Clegg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=samc%40superduper.net 2001-12-16 - Michael Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=cerberus%40kobayashimaru.org * DAM Comment: has no package in the archive. asked if * stillinterested [tbm] yes, will produce package [tbm] 2001-12-17 - Juan Alvarez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=jalvarez%40fluidsignal.com 2001-12-30 - Andrew Lau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=netsnipe%40debianplanet.org * DAM Comment: joerg 2002-01-04 - Robert Jordens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=rjo%40gmx.de 2002-01-30 - Manfred Wassmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=manolo%40NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de * DAM Comment: Needs clarification WRT DMUP by phone 2002-02-17 - Daniel Dent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=ddent%40vc.bc.ca * DAM Comment: Have to call him 2002-03-18 - David Caldwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=david%40porkrind.org 2002-03-29 - Francois Marier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=fmarier%40uwaterloo.ca 2002-04-09 - Uwe Steinmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=uwe.steinmann%40mmk-hagen.de * DAM Comment: Needs more T&S, asked Joergto re-do [tbm] 2002-04-22 - Brian Furry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=fbrian%40nac.net * DAM Comment: Needs a sponsored package in the archive [tbm]done. * Joerg is now looking at this and otherpackages [tbm] 2002-04-22 - Daniel Ruoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=daniel%40ruoso.com * DAM Comment: We need phone number andlocation [tbm] 2002-05-01 - Matt Flax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=flatmax%40ieee.org 2002-05-01 - Tore Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=tore%40linpro.no * DAM Comment: Needs clarification WRT DMUP by phone [james] 2002-05-16 - Juan Manuel García Molina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=juanma_gm%40wanadoo.es 2002-05-25 - Geoff O'Callaghan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=geoff%40starbiz.com.au * DAM Comment: needs p&p and t&s redone,asked joerg [tbm] 2002-08-02 - Jon Bernard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=jbernard%40roanoke.edu 2002-08-11 - Quôc Peyrot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=chojin%40lrde.epita.fr 2002-09-15 - Mateusz Papiernik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=mati%40maticomp.net * DAM Comment: phone call 2002-10-13 - Michael Schiansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=michael%40schiansky.de 2002-10-22 - Arnaud Quette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=arnaud.quette%40free.fr 2002-11-12 - Daniel Gubser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=daniel.gubser%40gutreu.ch * DAM Comment: rene looking at his packages for me [tbm] 2002-12-08 - Myers Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=myers%40monoloco.net * DAM Comment: Has only done an intial uploadfor his package, one NMU * sincethen. Asked what's up.Asked Joerg for debhelper-lesspackage * [tbm] 2002-12-29 - Jesus Climent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=jesus.climent%40hispalinux.es 2003-02-05 - Jamin Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=jcollins%40asgardsrealm.net 2003-02-11 - Graham Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=bob%40decoy.wox.org 2003-02-16 - sebastian henschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=shensche%40linuxmail.org * DAM Comment: asked rene to clarify some P&P [tbm] 2003-04-13 - Jay Bonci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=jay%40bonci.com 2003-04-20 - David Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=david%40neongoat.com 2003-04-21 - Jens Peter Secher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=jpsecher%40diku.dk 2003-04-23 - Adam Majer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=adamm%40galacticasoftware.com 2003-04-27 - Sebastian Ley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=sebastian.ley%40mmweg.rwth-aachen.de 2003-05-03 - Roland Stigge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=stigge%40antcom.de 2003-05-10 - Nicolas Bertolissio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=nico.bertol%40free.fr 2003-05-16 - Andrés Roldán <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=aroldan%40fluidsignal.com 2003-05-16 - Thomas Scheffczyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=Thomas.Scheffczyk%40verwaltung.uni-mainz.de 2003-05-18 - Arnd Bergmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=arnd%40arndb.de 2003-05-25 - Jack Moffitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=jack%40xiph.org 2003-05-27 - Matthias Urlichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=smurf%40noris.de 2003-06-04 - Arthur de Jong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=arthur%40tiefighter.et.tudelft.nl 2003-06-11 - Romain Francoise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=romain%40orebokech.com 2003-06-19 - Kalle Kivimaa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=kalle.kivimaa%40iki.fi 2003-06-24 - Sebastian Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=yath%40yath.eu.org 2003-06-30 - Berin Lautenbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=berin%40ozemail.com.au -- Jamin W. 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