Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > I've been advocating people "too early" (i.e, I've advocated people so > that they could start NM, while in the meantime, I wouldn't have > advocated them for DM). The reason is that the "unassigned applicants" > list is huge, so, when considering whether you should advocate someone > or not, you basically have to wonder whether the person will behave well > when he gets an AM in 6 months. > > It all depends on the meaning of the advocacy. Does it mean "I believe > that X is ready to be a DD now" (which would be stupid, since X will > wait at least a year before becoming a DD) or "I believe that X is ready > to start the NM process".
Please note that NMs are not assigned in the same order they applied or were advocated. Usually I try to assign very active NMs first while Nms with one package only and no other activity will stay there much longer. -- Bernd Zeimetz Debian GNU/Linux Developer GPG Fingerprints: 06C8 C9A2 EAAD E37E 5B2C BE93 067A AD04 C93B FF79 ECA1 E3F2 8E11 2432 D485 DD95 EB36 171A 6FF9 435F -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org