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Subject: Re: Legal advice regarding the NEW queue
From: Philip Hands <phil () hands ! com>
Date: 2022-02-05 0:15:22
Message-ID: 87iltu184l.fsf () hands ! com
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Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> writes:
> On Friday, February 4, 2022 6:24:56 PM EST Philip Hands wrote:
>> Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> writes:
>>
>> ...
>>
>> > Currently the only answer is join the FTP Team as a trainee when there
>> > is a call for volunteers. I totally get the frustration.
>>
>> People could always just send additional data points to the relevant ITP
>> bug, like this:
>>
>> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1004021#10
>>
>> If that's actually useful for FTP team members, it could be encouraged
>> on the New queue page.
>>
>> A link to a wiki page with suggestions of what to check, and how best to
>> submit reports in order to make them most useful would probably do the
>> trick.
>>
>> Would that actually help?
>
> I'm not sure what the best solution is as far as notification goes. Generally
> we don't look at the ITP when reviewing packages (ITP isn't even required, so
> it's really outside our scope).
I only went for that because it is at least linked to from the New entry
(if there's an ITP).
> A comment to the ITP should get to the original packager. If it's a
> worthwhile issue they can fix and re-upload.
>
> Most packages are currently available on Salsa even though not directly
> available through the New queue. A copy of the New queue does exist on
> coccia, but it's not currently readable for non-FTP Team members. It's
> probably not too hard to change that if it turns out having other DDs review
> things is useful.
>
> Right to the ITP bug and mention it on #debian-ftp might not be a bad way to
> start experimenting with external reviews.
OK, done that, so let's see if it's deemed useful.
Cheers, Phil.
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