Re: new maintainers DAM approval time

2001-09-14 Thread Andres Seco Hernandez
Hi El 13 Sep 2001 a las 04:47PM +0200, Stefan Alfredsson escribio: > Quoting Andres Seco Hernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [13 Sep-01 14:46]: > > I can't realize why some people is proccesed before other, that is, why > > somebody overtakes others? > > The delay for some people (and esp. the lack of

Re: new maintainers DAM approval time

2001-09-14 Thread Andres Seco Hernandez
Hi El 13 Sep 2001 a las 04:47PM +0200, Stefan Alfredsson escribio: > Quoting Andres Seco Hernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [13 Sep-01 14:46]: > > I can't realize why some people is proccesed before other, that is, why > > somebody overtakes others? > > The delay for some people (and esp. the lack of

Re: new maintainers DAM approval time

2001-09-14 Thread Andres Seco Hernandez
Hi all El 13 Sep 2001 a las 06:40PM +0200, Gergely Nagy escribio: > Because the DAM processess people in the order he likes, it is > entirely up to him. It is not documented anywhere that people will be > processed in any order, and I think that's good. > > Just be patient, and wait, as most of t

Re: new maintainers DAM approval time

2001-09-13 Thread Andres Seco Hernandez
Hi all El 13 Sep 2001 a las 06:40PM +0200, Gergely Nagy escribio: > Because the DAM processess people in the order he likes, it is > entirely up to him. It is not documented anywhere that people will be > processed in any order, and I think that's good. > > Just be patient, and wait, as most of

Re: new maintainers DAM approval time

2001-09-13 Thread Gergely Nagy
Because the DAM processess people in the order he likes, it is entirely up to him. It is not documented anywhere that people will be processed in any order, and I think that's good. Just be patient, and wait, as most of the people do. -- Gergely Nagy \ mhp/|8] pgp4d5tinT5a0.pgp Description: PG

Re: new maintainers DAM approval time

2001-09-13 Thread Stefan Alfredsson
Quoting Andres Seco Hernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [13 Sep-01 14:46]: > This is an example: > > Gustavo Franco AM recomends to DAM on 2001-08-30 > but no account created today (2001-09-13). > Ludovic Drolez AM recomends to DAM on 2001-08-20 > account created on 2001-08-22 > > I can't realize

Re: new maintainers DAM approval time

2001-09-13 Thread Gergely Nagy
Because the DAM processess people in the order he likes, it is entirely up to him. It is not documented anywhere that people will be processed in any order, and I think that's good. Just be patient, and wait, as most of the people do. -- Gergely Nagy \ mhp/|8] PGP signature

Re: new maintainers DAM approval time

2001-09-13 Thread Stefan Alfredsson
Quoting Andres Seco Hernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [13 Sep-01 14:46]: > This is an example: > > Gustavo Franco AM recomends to DAM on 2001-08-30 > but no account created today (2001-09-13). > Ludovic Drolez AM recomends to DAM on 2001-08-20 > account created on 2001-08-22 > > I can't realiz

Re: new maintainers DAM approval time

2001-09-13 Thread Ganesan R
> "Andres" == Andres Seco Hernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have seen some new applicants status, and some applicants have been > recommended to DAM before others but some of this last have their account > created before the others. > This is an example: > Gustavo Franco AM recomen

Re: new maintainers DAM approval time

2001-09-13 Thread Andres Seco Hernandez
I am sorry, the previous example was not good: Gustavo Franco AM recomends to DAM on 2001-08-30 but no account created today (2001-09-13). Romain Lerallut AM reomands to DAM on 2001-09-01 account created on 2001-09-03 Johann Botha AM recomends to DAM on 2001-07-06 but no account created t

new maintainers DAM approval time

2001-09-13 Thread Andres Seco Hernandez
Hi I have seen some new applicants status, and some applicants have been recommended to DAM before others but some of this last have their account created before the others. This is an example: Gustavo Franco AM recomends to DAM on 2001-08-30 but no account created today (2001-09-13). Ludovic

Re: new maintainers DAM approval time

2001-09-13 Thread Ganesan R
> "Andres" == Andres Seco Hernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have seen some new applicants status, and some applicants have been > recommended to DAM before others but some of this last have their account > created before the others. > This is an example: > Gustavo Franco AM recome

Re: new maintainers DAM approval time

2001-09-13 Thread Andres Seco Hernandez
I am sorry, the previous example was not good: Gustavo Franco AM recomends to DAM on 2001-08-30 but no account created today (2001-09-13). Romain Lerallut AM reomands to DAM on 2001-09-01 account created on 2001-09-03 Johann Botha AM recomends to DAM on 2001-07-06 but no account created

new maintainers DAM approval time

2001-09-13 Thread Andres Seco Hernandez
Hi I have seen some new applicants status, and some applicants have been recommended to DAM before others but some of this last have their account created before the others. This is an example: Gustavo Franco AM recomends to DAM on 2001-08-30 but no account created today (2001-09-13). Ludovi

Anyone upload package for me? (Awaiting DAM approval)

2001-05-29 Thread Muhammad Hussain Yusuf
Hello, Apologies for asking again, but can anyone upload a package for me? The package is ncftp (version 2: 3.0.3-1) which is a new upstream release of ncftp (previous version 3.0.2 is already in unstable). I recently adopted the package. Lintian gives no errors, and AFAIK it works OK. It's a

Anyone upload package for me? (Awaiting DAM approval)

2001-05-29 Thread Muhammad Hussain Yusuf
Hello, Apologies for asking again, but can anyone upload a package for me? The package is ncftp (version 2: 3.0.3-1) which is a new upstream release of ncftp (previous version 3.0.2 is already in unstable). I recently adopted the package. Lintian gives no errors, and AFAIK it works OK. It's

DAM Approval

2001-03-27 Thread Eray Ozkural
Hi people, I've been waiting in the DAM approval stage for more than 3 months. That's pretty above the average. Nobody has contacted me, and I don't think there's anything lacking in my application. I maintain nearly 10 packages, working on a new one and plan to package many

DAM Approval

2001-03-27 Thread Eray Ozkural
Hi people, I've been waiting in the DAM approval stage for more than 3 months. That's pretty above the average. Nobody has contacted me, and I don't think there's anything lacking in my application. I maintain nearly 10 packages, working on a new one and plan to package many

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-21 Thread Anand Kumria
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 02:47:21PM -1000, Brian Russo wrote: > comments inline. > > On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 12:16:56PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > At Fri, 12 Jan 2001 11:36:50 -0600, "Christian T. Steigies" <[EMAIL > > PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > >On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 05:54:31PM +0100,

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-21 Thread Anand Kumria
On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 09:52:51AM +0100, Fredrik Steen wrote: > 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 t

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-21 Thread Anand Kumria
On Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 12:31:55AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >... > > If it takes a year to complete my application, I will quit. I have a number > > of other projects I'd like to do - Project Gutenberg, GCC, several free > > software projects of

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-21 Thread Anand Kumria
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 02:47:21PM -1000, Brian Russo wrote: > comments inline. > > On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 12:16:56PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > At Fri, 12 Jan 2001 11:36:50 -0600, "Christian T. Steigies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > >On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 05:54:31PM +0100, T.P

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-21 Thread Anand Kumria
On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 09:52:51AM +0100, Fredrik Steen wrote: > 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 thi

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-21 Thread Anand Kumria
On Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 12:31:55AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >... > > If it takes a year to complete my application, I will quit. I have a number > > of other projects I'd like to do - Project Gutenberg, GCC, several free > > software projects of

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-15 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 09:52:51AM +0100, Fredrik Steen wrote: > I have sent 3 mails to Mr Akumira with no response. Anyone know where he is? Yep, Anand has been busy organising the .au linux conference linux.conf.au. (See http://linux.conf.au for details). Starts in a couple of days. Hopefully h

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-15 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 09:52:51AM +0100, Fredrik Steen wrote: > I have sent 3 mails to Mr Akumira with no response. Anyone know where he is? Yep, Anand has been busy organising the .au linux conference linux.conf.au. (See http://linux.conf.au for details). Starts in a couple of days. Hopefully

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-15 Thread Fredrik Steen
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 av

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-15 Thread Fredrik Steen
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 a

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-14 Thread Mariusz Przygodzki
On Sunday 14 January 2001 20:32, Eric Dorland wrote: > Ok... well, since no one seems too bothered by this, I guess it's not a > problem. But does anyone know if the DAM has some procedure for picking > people out of the queue, or is it all quite willy-nilly? I would say the DAM queue is a full im

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-14 Thread Eric Dorland
Ok... well, since no one seems too bothered by this, I guess it's not a problem. But does anyone know if the DAM has some procedure for picking people out of the queue, or is it all quite willy-nilly? * Martin Michlmayr ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > * Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20010113 16:5

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-14 Thread Mariusz Przygodzki
On Sunday 14 January 2001 20:32, Eric Dorland wrote: > Ok... well, since no one seems too bothered by this, I guess it's not a > problem. But does anyone know if the DAM has some procedure for picking > people out of the queue, or is it all quite willy-nilly? I would say the DAM queue is a full i

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-14 Thread Eric Dorland
Ok... well, since no one seems too bothered by this, I guess it's not a problem. But does anyone know if the DAM has some procedure for picking people out of the queue, or is it all quite willy-nilly? * Martin Michlmayr ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > * Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20010113 16:

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-13 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva \(KoV\)
On Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 09:13:55PM +0100, Karl Soderstrom wrote: > I'm one of the lucky ones, so I'm really happy, but I must agree with you > that it seems pretty unfair to the guys approved by their AMs months > ago. Maybe their AMs didn't do good reports of them? I don't know, but the > fact rem

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-13 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 02:25:39PM +0100, Ove Kaaven wrote: > > > How does DAM approval occur? > > > > When James has an opportunity. He's been unable to do so recently for > > personal reasons but will be back on track soon. (Details were posted > > to

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-13 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva (KoV)
On Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 09:13:55PM +0100, Karl Soderstrom wrote: > I'm one of the lucky ones, so I'm really happy, but I must agree with you > that it seems pretty unfair to the guys approved by their AMs months > ago. Maybe their AMs didn't do good reports of them? I don't know, but the > fact re

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-13 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20010113 16:57]: > Has tbm been made DAM? No. -- Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgphJ68owpxNQ.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-13 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 02:25:39PM +0100, Ove Kaaven wrote: > > > How does DAM approval occur? > > > > When James has an opportunity. He's been unable to do so recently for > > personal reasons but will be back on track soon. (Details were posted > > to

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-13 Thread Eric Dorland
I didn't realise there were a few more people, because the new maintainer list is sorted by application date, not DAM approval date. I' not blaming anyone who was approved, I'm just curious how this happened? Has tbm been made DAM? * Ove Kaaven ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-13 Thread Ove Kaaven
onths for approval. I don't want this to degenerate into a > deluge of flames, I'm honestly just curious and I don'ty think anyone > likes it when someone cuts in line ahead of them. Well, I was among the ones approved now... if it makes you feel any better, at least I had been w

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-13 Thread Karl Soderstrom
On Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 02:53:05PM -0500, Eric Dorland wrote: > I've actually just taken a look at the applicants list > and it appears that today the DAM has > apprently started creating accounts again today. Unfortunately, the six > lucky people have apparently j

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-13 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20010113 16:57]: > Has tbm been made DAM? No. -- Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP signature

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-13 Thread Eric Dorland
I've actually just taken a look at the applicants list and it appears that today the DAM has apprently started creating accounts again today. Unfortunately, the six lucky people have apparently jumped the queue, and been rushed through the process, since they were

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-13 Thread Eric Dorland
I didn't realise there were a few more people, because the new maintainer list is sorted by application date, not DAM approval date. I' not blaming anyone who was approved, I'm just curious how this happened? Has tbm been made DAM? * Ove Kaaven ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-13 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva \(KoV\)
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 08:18:31AM -0600, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 04:10:36PM +0200, Eray Ozkural wrote: > > > Does this mean I can never become a maintainer? I believe that > > I have demonstrated my knowledge of debian's policy and skills with > > the packages that

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-13 Thread Ove Kaaven
onths for approval. I don't want this to degenerate into a > deluge of flames, I'm honestly just curious and I don'ty think anyone > likes it when someone cuts in line ahead of them. Well, I was among the ones approved now... if it makes you feel any better, at least I had been w

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-13 Thread Karl Soderstrom
On Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 02:53:05PM -0500, Eric Dorland wrote: > I've actually just taken a look at the applicants list > and it appears that today the DAM has > apprently started creating accounts again today. Unfortunately, the six > lucky people have apparently

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-13 Thread Eric Dorland
I've actually just taken a look at the applicants list and it appears that today the DAM has apprently started creating accounts again today. Unfortunately, the six lucky people have apparently jumped the queue, and been rushed through the process, since they were

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-13 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva (KoV)
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 08:18:31AM -0600, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 04:10:36PM +0200, Eray Ozkural wrote: > > > Does this mean I can never become a maintainer? I believe that > > I have demonstrated my knowledge of debian's policy and skills with > > the packages that

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-13 Thread Brian Russo
On Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 12:45:28PM +0200, Eray Ozkural wrote: > Hi Brian, 'lo > On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 02:47:21PM -1000, Brian Russo wrote: > > While a year is long, this is by no means the most common, the mode of > > length > > (in days) for 'awaiting DAM ap

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-13 Thread exa
Hi Brian, On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 02:47:21PM -1000, Brian Russo wrote: > While a year is long, this is by no means the most common, the mode of length > (in days) for 'awaiting DAM approval' is a pitiful 4 days. Yes, I asked when it is supposed to happen because I'd thou

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-13 Thread Brian Russo
On Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 12:45:28PM +0200, Eray Ozkural wrote: > Hi Brian, 'lo > On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 02:47:21PM -1000, Brian Russo wrote: > > While a year is long, this is by no means the most common, the mode of length > > (in days) for 'awaiting DAM approval&#x

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-13 Thread dvdeug
At Sat, 13 Jan 2001 00:31:55 +0100 (CET), Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Please explain which work was impossible for you because you aren't >a >developer until now? Do you have a personal problem with my sponsorship >for your packages or what other work is impossible for you without a >D

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-13 Thread exa
Hi Brian, On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 02:47:21PM -1000, Brian Russo wrote: > While a year is long, this is by no means the most common, the mode of length > (in days) for 'awaiting DAM approval' is a pitiful 4 days. Yes, I asked when it is supposed to happen because I'd thou

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-13 Thread dvdeug
At Sat, 13 Jan 2001 00:31:55 +0100 (CET), Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Please explain which work was impossible for you because you aren't >a >developer until now? Do you have a personal problem with my sponsorship >for your packages or what other work is impossible for you without a >

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread sharkey
> > 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 > > Why is it a problem if an applica

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >... > 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 o

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread Eric VB
bottom, > I see people who applied in 1999, seems they are waiting a little longer. > I've also seen people registering and getting DAM approval in 2-3 days (yes, yes). Some people applying last week are already NM. I have applied 6 months ago ... > Just be patient, I don

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread Brian Russo
inder a volunteer > from doing work for Debian for a year for no good reason - and having one > person as a bottleneck is not a good reason. While a year is long, this is by no means the most common, the mode of length (in days) for 'awaiting DAM approval' is a pitiful 4 days. Wh

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread sharkey
> 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)

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >... > If it takes a year to complete my application, I will quit. I have a number > of other projects I'd like to do - Project Gutenberg, GCC, several free > software projects of my own. It's not worth hanging around a year for a > project to accept me

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 04:10:36PM +0200, Eray Ozkural wrote: > On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 02:03:55PM -, Mariusz Przygodzki wrote: > > > > I am convinced the DAM approval is this kind of bureaucratical decision > > which can not improve Debian work's quality o

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread sharkey
> > 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 > > Why is it a problem if an applic

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >... > 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

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread Eric VB
bottom, > I see people who applied in 1999, seems they are waiting a little longer. > I've also seen people registering and getting DAM approval in 2-3 days (yes, yes). Some people applying last week are already NM. I have applied 6 months ago ... > Just be patient, I don

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread Brian Russo
olunteer > from doing work for Debian for a year for no good reason - and having one > person as a bottleneck is not a good reason. While a year is long, this is by no means the most common, the mode of length (in days) for 'awaiting DAM approval' is a pitiful 4 days. While your

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread dvdeug
At Fri, 12 Jan 2001 11:36:50 -0600, "Christian T. Steigies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 05:54:31PM +0100, T.Pospisek's MailLists wrote: >You want to start a flamewar before you are a dd? Thats neat, but I >don't take it. > >> PS: Bah, what is a year of waiting in a human

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread sharkey
> 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

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >... > If it takes a year to complete my application, I will quit. I have a number > of other projects I'd like to do - Project Gutenberg, GCC, several free > software projects of my own. It's not worth hanging around a year for a > project to accept m

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 04:10:36PM +0200, Eray Ozkural wrote: > On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 02:03:55PM -, Mariusz Przygodzki wrote: > > > > I am convinced the DAM approval is this kind of bureaucratical decision > > which can not improve Debian work's quality o

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread dvdeug
At Fri, 12 Jan 2001 11:36:50 -0600, "Christian T. Steigies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 05:54:31PM +0100, T.Pospisek's MailLists wrote: >You want to start a flamewar before you are a dd? Thats neat, but I >don't take it. > >> PS: Bah, what is a year of waiting in a human

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread sharkey
> You want to start a flamewar before you are a dd? Thats neat, but I don't > take it. I don't think anyone wants to start a flamewar, but there is a middle ground between "just wait" and "the new maintainer process is hopeless". If James is unable to keep up with the demands of processing applic

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 05:54:31PM +0100, T.Pospisek's MailLists wrote: > Either being an official Debian developper has any sense or not. If it's > the latter then Debian better stop wasting time with this theatre *now*. > If it does make sense to be a Debian developper (I sure do hope it does!)

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > And to repeat what many people said, you can help debian without having an > account, you can fix bugs, send in patches (not bugreports, but fixes...), > trace down problems, even get sponsored uploads. What more do you need to > help improve deb

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread sharkey
> You want to start a flamewar before you are a dd? Thats neat, but I don't > take it. I don't think anyone wants to start a flamewar, but there is a middle ground between "just wait" and "the new maintainer process is hopeless". If James is unable to keep up with the demands of processing appli

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 04:03:58PM +0100, T.Pospisek's MailLists wrote: > On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > > > You have not yet proven your patience, which is next in the DAM process. > > You have read Kafka, haven't you? I don't remember whether the guards A little. > were say

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 05:54:31PM +0100, T.Pospisek's MailLists wrote: > Either being an official Debian developper has any sense or not. If it's > the latter then Debian better stop wasting time with this theatre *now*. > If it does make sense to be a Debian developper (I sure do hope it does!)

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread Mariusz Przygodzki
> > I am convinced the DAM approval is this kind of bureaucratical decision > > which > > can not improve Debian work's quality of any maintaners (it means unofficial > > maintaners in this case). Personally I have stopped to investigate reasons > > of >

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Eray Ozkural wrote: > Does this mean I can never become a maintainer? Just wait here *t Tomas Pospisek SourcePole - Linux & Open Source Solutions http://sou

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > And to repeat what many people said, you can help debian without having an > account, you can fix bugs, send in patches (not bugreports, but fixes...), > trace down problems, even get sponsored uploads. What more do you need to > help improve de

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > You have not yet proven your patience, which is next in the DAM process. You have read Kafka, haven't you? I don't remember whether the guards were saying something about Debian being behind those closed doors? Just another DAMned waiting at th

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread exa
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 12:29:06PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Eray Ozkural (exa) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20010112 09:33]: > > the fact that I don't have a debian account effectively prevents me > > from doing so because it's a difficult thing to get every upload sponsored. > > I'm sure someon

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread exa
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 08:18:31AM -0600, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > > You have not yet proven your patience, which is next in the DAM process. > I'd thought that waiting for more than a year to become a maintainer required some patience, but thanks anyway for the tip :) I've been asking this

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 04:10:36PM +0200, Eray Ozkural wrote: > Does this mean I can never become a maintainer? I believe that > I have demonstrated my knowledge of debian's policy and skills with > the packages that I've done. You have not yet proven your patience, which is next in the DAM proces

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread exa
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 02:03:55PM -, Mariusz Przygodzki wrote: > > I am convinced the DAM approval is this kind of bureaucratical decision which > can not improve Debian work's quality of any maintaners (it means unofficial > maintaners in this case). Personally

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread Mariusz Przygodzki
> > > It's already been a month and counting for DAM approval of my application. > > > I'd like to close some bugs with high severity on my packages, but > > > the fact that I don't have a debian account effectively prevents me > > > from doing so

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 02:25:39PM +0100, Ove Kaaven wrote: > But that doesn't help wondering people very much, we only get subscribed > to debian-private *after* DAM approval, right? (And I didn't see any > archive...) There is an archive of debian-private available to maint

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread Ove Kaaven
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Julian Gilbey wrote: > On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 09:33:11AM +0200, Eray Ozkural (exa) wrote: > > Hi, > > > > It's already been a month and counting for DAM approval of my application. > > I'd like to close some bugs with high severity on

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 04:03:58PM +0100, T.Pospisek's MailLists wrote: > On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > > > You have not yet proven your patience, which is next in the DAM process. > > You have read Kafka, haven't you? I don't remember whether the guards A little. > were sa

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread Mariusz Przygodzki
> > I am convinced the DAM approval is this kind of bureaucratical decision which > > can not improve Debian work's quality of any maintaners (it means unofficial > > maintaners in this case). Personally I have stopped to investigate reasons of > > this

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Eray Ozkural wrote: > Does this mean I can never become a maintainer? Just wait here *t Tomas Pospisek SourcePole - Linux & Open Source Solutions http://so

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > You have not yet proven your patience, which is next in the DAM process. You have read Kafka, haven't you? I don't remember whether the guards were saying something about Debian being behind those closed doors? Just another DAMned waiting at t

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Eray Ozkural (exa) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20010112 09:33]: > the fact that I don't have a debian account effectively prevents me > from doing so because it's a difficult thing to get every upload sponsored. I'm sure someone here would be willing to sponsor your upload to fix your RC bug. -- Marti

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread exa
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 12:29:06PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Eray Ozkural (exa) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20010112 09:33]: > > the fact that I don't have a debian account effectively prevents me > > from doing so because it's a difficult thing to get every upload sponsored. > > I'm sure someo

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread exa
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 08:18:31AM -0600, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > > You have not yet proven your patience, which is next in the DAM process. > I'd thought that waiting for more than a year to become a maintainer required some patience, but thanks anyway for the tip :) I've been asking thi

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 04:10:36PM +0200, Eray Ozkural wrote: > Does this mean I can never become a maintainer? I believe that > I have demonstrated my knowledge of debian's policy and skills with > the packages that I've done. You have not yet proven your patience, which is next in the DAM proce

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread exa
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 02:03:55PM -, Mariusz Przygodzki wrote: > > I am convinced the DAM approval is this kind of bureaucratical decision which > can not improve Debian work's quality of any maintaners (it means unofficial > maintaners in this case). Personally

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread Mariusz Przygodzki
> > > It's already been a month and counting for DAM approval of my application. > > > I'd like to close some bugs with high severity on my packages, but > > > the fact that I don't have a debian account effectively prevents me > > > from d

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread exa
Hi Julian, On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 11:40:38AM +, Julian Gilbey wrote: > When James has an opportunity. He's been unable to do so recently for > personal reasons but will be back on track soon. (Details were posted > to -private.) > Thanks for the information. I had been wondering why there

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 09:33:11AM +0200, Eray Ozkural (exa) wrote: > Hi, > > It's already been a month and counting for DAM approval of my application. > I'd like to close some bugs with high severity on my packages, but > the fact that I don't have a debian a

Re: When is DAM approval supposed to happen?

2001-01-12 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 02:25:39PM +0100, Ove Kaaven wrote: > But that doesn't help wondering people very much, we only get subscribed > to debian-private *after* DAM approval, right? (And I didn't see any > archive...) There is an archive of debian-private available to maint

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