On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 07:01:19PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | > You must have heard many times by now that Debian is a volunteer effort, and | > things are done on a time-available basis. | | Of course we all know this. But the question is really one of bottlenecking, | not of not enough available time of Debian as a whole. | | The whole reason that Debian exists (IMO) is that designing and tayloring | an operating system from scratch is too time consuming (by far) for any | one person. Debian seeks to collect the work of many and distribute the | benefits to many more. The application process should be no different. | If the the position of the DAM is too time consuming of a job, there should | be a panel of people who share this responsibility. | | What bothers me most about the delays in the NM queue are their | capriciousness. I got through the process relatively quickly (about three | months or so, a fair time), but others have no such luck. And it is luck, | not [always] lack trying on their part. | | The initial part of the process is fair. People queue up in cronological | order and have their applications selected by one of a pool of possible | application managers. AM's should adjust the number of open cases they're | handling to fit their available free time. If an AM becomes unable to | process an applicant within a reasonable reasonable response time (say | two weeks of overhead beyond delays the fault of the applicant) then the | applicant should be returned to the AM queue. It's not right that one AM | should hold up one applicant while others who applied months later are | getting through. As far as I know, there's no mechanism for an applicant | to be returned to the queue. | | > You don't need to be a maintainer in order to help Debian. | | Of course not. Even though I've only recently become a DD, I've been an | active unofficial member in the Debian community since late 1995. | But when such a person as myself decides to step forward and take on | additional responsibilities associated with being a DD, it doesn't make | sense to deny him or her that title for reasons of poor time management. | | Don't underestimate the importance of being an official developer. | It's true that you can get packages sponsered and "help Debian" without | it, but it can have a large effect on morale. Being an official DD, gives | me a stronger tie to the project. It affects the way *I feel* about the | work that I do. To me, that's more important than an account or an | email address. | | Eric | |
Hi, My case: Received application: 2000-05-15 Application Manager Assigned: akumria assigned on 2000-08-21 ID Check: Passed at 2000-10-12 Philosophy and Procedures Check: Passed at 2000-10-13 Tasks and Skills Check: Passed at 2000-10-12 Application Manager recomends to DAM: YES (But not anymore read below) Application Manager Comments - must send DAM docs Debian Account Manager Comments err.. would be nice, yes. AM: please reapprove when you have report ready. Stopped here.. Haven't heard from anyone since: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 00:06:51 +1100 I have sent 3 mails to Mr Akumira with no response. Anyone know where he is? -- .Fredrik Steen - http://www.stone.nu -
