On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 15:28, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 02:14:49AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > The problem is, this often chaotic development system doesn't scale to > > over 1200 developers (including many MIA developers). > > I think the only sticking point is determining when someone is actually MIA. > Once it is established that they are MIA, NMUs and adoptions are relatively > painless.
Would it be possible, when in a pre-release (semi-)freeze cycle, to ping maintainers automatically when their package is blocking another entering testing, so that the determination can be made within a couple of days, instead of indeterminately? zen
