Mentors BoF at DebConf (was: Re: Allowing QA uploads for DMs (was: A lot of pending packages))

2010-06-16 Thread Tim Retout
On 16 June 2010 03:21, Paul Wise wrote: > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 6:03 AM, Tim Retout wrote: > >> (Advance warning: I'm interested in discussing the mentoring process >> at DebConf.) > > Please register a BoF in penta about it to give folks more advance warning. I've now submitted a BoF for DebC

Re: Allowing QA uploads for DMs (was: A lot of pending packages)

2010-06-16 Thread Bernd Schubert
On Wednesday 16 June 2010, Tim Retout wrote: > On 15 June 2010 21:59, Neil Williams wrote: > > Encouraging maintainers to invest their time in QA > > makes more sense than adding more NEW packages to become the QA > > workload of the future. Directing everyone at NEW is counter-productive > > and

Re: Allowing QA uploads for DMs (was: A lot of pending packages)

2010-06-16 Thread Neil Williams
On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:59:04 -0700 Steve Langasek wrote: > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 08:50:28AM +0100, Neil Williams wrote: > > What about if Debian QA packages were all to be deemed suitable for > > DM upload, including those which have been orphaned for over 2 > > months without a change of maint

Re: Allowing QA uploads for DMs (was: A lot of pending packages)

2010-06-15 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 6:03 AM, Tim Retout wrote: > (Advance warning: I'm interested in discussing the mentoring process > at DebConf.) Please register a BoF in penta about it to give folks more advance warning. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debi

Re: Allowing QA uploads for DMs (was: A lot of pending packages)

2010-06-15 Thread Tim Retout
On 15 June 2010 21:59, Neil Williams wrote: > Encouraging maintainers to invest their time in QA > makes more sense than adding more NEW packages to become the QA > workload of the future. Directing everyone at NEW is counter-productive > and encourages more horrible first-time packages. I agree

Re: Allowing QA uploads for DMs (was: A lot of pending packages)

2010-06-15 Thread Neil Williams
On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:28:19 +0200 Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Neil Williams , 2010-06-15, 08:50: > >What about if Debian QA packages were all to be deemed suitable for > >DM upload, including those which have been orphaned for over 2 months > >without a change of maintainer? Maybe when an orphaned pac

Re: Allowing QA uploads for DMs (was: A lot of pending packages)

2010-06-15 Thread Neil Williams
On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:12:22 +0200 Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote: > Hi! > > Am 15.06.2010 09:50, schrieb Neil Williams: > > > OTOH if those requesting sponsorship were more open to packaging some of > > the orphaned packages listed under WNPP and qa.debian.org which > > have already been thro

Allowing QA uploads for DMs (was: A lot of pending packages)

2010-06-15 Thread Alexander Reichle-Schmehl
Hi! Am 15.06.2010 09:50, schrieb Neil Williams: > OTOH if those requesting sponsorship were more open to packaging some of > the orphaned packages listed under WNPP and qa.debian.org which > have already been through NEW [..] > What about if Debian QA packages were all to be deemed suitable