Hi there
I won't enter into all the discussion details but an explicit accusation
needs be cleared:
However there is a lot to be said with the response time of legitimate
requests, it does seem like MarsSeed has priority, I have seen their
requests be handle very quickly, while others wait for months and get
caught in the backlog.
This is a 100% false argument: there are so many requests to process,
most of them made by MarsSeed, so it's obvious most of the responses are
relative to MarsSeed requests.
Also what happened the day before this discussion started, seemed to
demonstrate the exact opposite:
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
I repeat, this could seem we give priority to 7Ji (which is the OP of
this whole discussion), but I confirm this is simply a matter of luck
and package maintainership (see below).
Also some of MarsSeed's requests are being rejected after evaluation if
the reasons are not enough to accept. Archives are public for anyone.
Requests made by the package maintainers (as the previous 7 indicated
before) are processed quicker as the package's maintainer should know
better the state of the package he's filing requests for.
Also, I tend to give priority to orphan requests, as someone else is
awaiting to fix packages issues, so giving priority to these requests
the packages will be fixed quicker.
So, please, Polarian, don't discredit the staff members and respect the
work done which is sometimes very heavy and tiring and wasting my time
in explaining how the things are is more time I have subtract. I found
this your accusation very rude and ungrateful, I hope it was done in
good faith, not thinking enough (you never contacted me to asking such
details).
Having said this, actually we have more than 3000 pending requests, so
it's impossible to remember who is awaiting in the queue. Whenever his
turn comes the request will be processed like for anyone else. In the
98% of the times, a request is accepted or rejected. The remaining cases
are awaiting for requester or maintainer answer. In some rare cases
(less than 1 of 100) if I don't understand the issue or I'm unable to
understand how the things are I leave the package request to someone else.
Also each PM does evaluate the requests by interpreting what the
requester wrote, so a clearer explanation in the requests could give
better result and quicker response time.
I don't even care about the names in the requests, seriously.
Incomplete requests, duplicated packages to fix an original package
issue (X package is buggy, this Y package of mine fixes that, please
merge), at the contrary require more time and sometimes the answers I
need to have before processing the request, never come, thus burdening
the request in an eternal oblivion.
MarsSeed requests are often, so far, the most precise, clear, well
explained, with external links and frequently updated with additional
details. People should instead learn from his way to report packages.
Also, PMs do mistakes, so in the case some wrong thing happens, please
contact the PM and ask for a revision or clarification.
Best regards
[1]
https://lists.archlinux.org/hyperkitty/list/aur-reque...@lists.archlinux.org/thread/IRV2H2S7U3DYF4NHYIQBNUNJRGVYWZCC/
[2]
https://lists.archlinux.org/hyperkitty/list/aur-reque...@lists.archlinux.org/thread/RJVR2H4XWAHGUIZ53STHOYGYBUMNYUBB/
[3]
https://lists.archlinux.org/hyperkitty/list/aur-reque...@lists.archlinux.org/thread/J4E7L5XHG4YGE6WKM3BBWRHYPD3CFGR3/
[4]
https://lists.archlinux.org/hyperkitty/list/aur-reque...@lists.archlinux.org/thread/5RKQWGAJB4BZWYEEPTHDT7G7U2KXY7EF/
[5]
https://lists.archlinux.org/hyperkitty/list/aur-reque...@lists.archlinux.org/thread/PZUQY7CQR4ZZ76TREOGFIDSK7Y27DKHG/
[6]
https://lists.archlinux.org/hyperkitty/list/aur-reque...@lists.archlinux.org/thread/O4G7IFD534NLRJ6ENVZLJHWATQBMAAZ6/
[7]
https://lists.archlinux.org/hyperkitty/list/aur-reque...@lists.archlinux.org/thread/VZZGBE346UUNP2TSRP4R5MBDKLOP7OWB/
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Fabio Castelli aka Muflone
