]] Daniel Pocock > On 11/05/14 18:26, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > > ]] Daniel Pocock > > > >> On 08/05/14 12:27, Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr wrote: > >> > >>> What is the reason that the processing there is so slow? Is there a way > >>> to change that? > > > > I think it's quite clear and has been for a while that we need more > > active admins for Alioth. > > > >> Other people have had problems with alioth too: > >> > >> - write permissions on VCS directory for new projects > >> > >> - mailing list creation requests waiting for admin approval > > > > Mailing lists are managed through gforge and there's no manual approval > > process that I know of. > > > When creating a list, it tells me the list will be approved within 6-24 > hours
Hmm, I think that approval is automatic. At least I haven't seen any nagging from fusionforge to approve mailing lists. > >> Any of these things could help reduce the admin burden, maybe there are > >> other approaches too? > > > > Help fix bugs in fusionforge, hang out in #alioth try to help people and > > we'd be happy to get more people involved. > > If people have not already stepped forward to fill these gaps then that > is the very reason why I was suggesting further automation or cutting > back on things like legacy VCS support. Automating things takes effort too. > Hopefully the burden of support and the capacity of volunteers will then > converge at a point where it is sustainable. > > I'm not criticizing anybody for this situation, nor am I trying to prod > anybody into action - I just feel that if volunteers are limited, it is > better to constrain the scope of the service. I'm not disagreeing, I think we're providing a much poorer service level for Alioth than what we should do. Sadly, I don't have the motivation to spend much time there nowadays. -- Tollef Fog Heen UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/87bnv4nm0l....@xoog.err.no
