Re: DAM queues processing

2009-06-25 Thread Ana Guerrero
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:37:30PM +0200, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: > This is how I see the process right now, from the applicant's POV: > Actually it is: > - Applicant applies > - DD advocates > (wait1) - FD ask NM what they do in Debian? [1] Currently, this is a email sent manually. -

Re: DAM queues processing

2009-06-25 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > On 25/06/09 at 22:37 +0200, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: > > [...] > > - DAM reviews the application > > (wait4) > > - DAM creates the account > > - Key added to the keyring > > - Shell access to developer machines > > > > [...] > > > > - I don't k

Re: DAM queues processing

2009-06-25 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 25/06/09 at 22:37 +0200, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: > [...] > - DAM reviews the application > (wait4) > - DAM creates the account > - Key added to the keyring > - Shell access to developer machines > > [...] > > - I don't know why there is wait4. I guess it's because DAM members process >

Re: DAM queues processing

2009-06-25 Thread Emilio Pozuelo Monfort
Hi all, This is how I see the process right now, from the applicant's POV: - Applicant applies - DD advocates (wait1) - AM assigned - Work with the AM (P&P, T&S and whatever is needed) - AM sends report (wait2) - FD checks the application (wait3) - DAM reviews the application (wait4) - DA

Re: DAM queues processing

2009-06-25 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 02:37:42PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > The FD's responsibility, as a 'New Maintainer Front Desk', is to > ensure that the new maintainer process runs smoothly, and to take a > bit of the grunt work off of the DAM. If stuff passes front desk, > it's assumed that it'll pas

Re: DAM queues processing

2009-06-24 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 24 June 2009, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > FD has mainly two people: Wouter and me. Christoph Berg helps out > sometimes, but has more than enough to do with DAM work. There is no > other FD - they either stepped down or disappeared completely from > Debian. > Would be great to know where F

Re: DAM queues processing

2009-06-24 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 03:30:13PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: >> But as things stand nowadays, I wouldn't be happy with that outcome, >> given that DAM is more understaffed than FD (2 people vs 4), with >> Joerg also involved in another time-consuming role (ftpmaster)

Re: DAM queues processing

2009-06-24 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 24/06/09 at 14:41 +0200, Ana Guerrero wrote: > Lucas, for what I understand, you have been reading (or at least receiving) > the FD email for some months now [1], from even before Bern were promoted > to FD. The goal was helping with some FD tasks without being FD. What > were those tasks? S

Re: DAM queues processing

2009-06-24 Thread Ana Guerrero
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 03:39:10PM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > On 23/06/09 at 15:30 +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 02:55:42PM +0200, Peter Palfrader wrote: > > Hence I would more welcome one of the following alternative outcomes: > > > > 1) drop FD *and* integrate

Re: DAM queues processing

2009-06-24 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 03:30:13PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > But as things stand nowadays, I wouldn't be happy with that outcome, > given that DAM is more understaffed than FD (2 people vs 4), with > Joerg also involved in another time-consuming role (ftpmaster). Actually, that's not enti

Re: DAM queues processing

2009-06-24 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 02:43:55PM +0200, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: > If the FD doesn't have the power to decide whether to accept somebody or not, > what is the point of it reviewing candidacies, specially if later the DAM > will review it anyway? The FD's responsibility, as a 'New Maintainer

Re: DAM queues processing

2009-06-24 Thread Andreas Tille
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 03:30:13PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Hence I would more welcome one of the following alternative outcomes: > > 1) drop FD *and* integrate the current FD people into DAM; it looks >like accepting new members is the main part of DAM activities >anyhow, so why

Re: DAM queues processing

2009-06-23 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Emilio Pozuelo Monfort dijo [Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 02:43:55PM +0200]: > >> I'd be perfectly fine with FD being the last review step, and DAM > >> "just" in charge of creating the account, trusting FD judgement. > >> > >> What would we be missing that way? > > > > What you miss is that I move all pr

Re: DAM queues processing

2009-06-23 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Bernd Zeimetz dijo [Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 02:54:17PM +0200]: > > If there are too many emails, maybe you should reduce the number of > > emails by reducing the number of questions asked? > > No. > The number of emails rises only if candidates don't answer in a useful way and > the AM needs to ask b

Re: DAM queues processing

2009-06-23 Thread Emilio Pozuelo Monfort
Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > On 23/06/09 at 15:30 +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 02:55:42PM +0200, Peter Palfrader wrote: OK, then what I'm proposing is to identify one single entity where the decision is taken. Either is FD or is DAM. >>> It's DAM. DAM has always

Re: DAM queues processing

2009-06-23 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 23/06/09 at 15:30 +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 02:55:42PM +0200, Peter Palfrader wrote: > > > OK, then what I'm proposing is to identify one single entity where the > > > decision is taken. Either is FD or is DAM. > > It's DAM. DAM has always been the position that

Re: DAM queues processing

2009-06-23 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 02:55:42PM +0200, Peter Palfrader wrote: > > OK, then what I'm proposing is to identify one single entity where the > > decision is taken. Either is FD or is DAM. > It's DAM. DAM has always been the position that decides who is a DD and > who isn't. The whole FD/NM thing i

Re: DAM queues processing

2009-06-23 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
Peter Palfrader wrote: > On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > >> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 02:29:20PM +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: >>> What you miss is that I move all problematic candidates to DAM with >>> the comment "I'm not entirely happy, but its your job to decide..." >> OK, then wh

Re: DAM queues processing

2009-06-23 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: > From an NM point of view, my feeling is: > > "I hope the Keyring Maintainers and the DSA don't feel like reviewing > everything > *again* to add my key to the keyring and to give me access to the developer > machines" Speaking with my DSA hat

Re: DAM queues processing

2009-06-23 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 02:29:20PM +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > > What you miss is that I move all problematic candidates to DAM with > > the comment "I'm not entirely happy, but its your job to decide..." > > OK, then what I'm proposing is to ide

Re: DAM queues processing

2009-06-23 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > On 23/06/09 at 14:29 +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: >> Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: >>> I'd be perfectly fine with FD being the last review step, and DAM >>> "just" in charge of creating the account, trusting FD judgement. >>> >>> What would we be missing that way? >> What you mis

Re: DAM queues processing

2009-06-23 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 02:29:20PM +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > What you miss is that I move all problematic candidates to DAM with > the comment "I'm not entirely happy, but its your job to decide..." OK, then what I'm proposing is to identify one single entity where the decision is taken. Eithe

Re: DAM queues processing

2009-06-23 Thread Emilio Pozuelo Monfort
Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: >> I'd be perfectly fine with FD being the last review step, and DAM >> "just" in charge of creating the account, trusting FD judgement. >> >> What would we be missing that way? > > What you miss is that I move all problematic candidates to DAM with

Re: DAM queues processing

2009-06-23 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 23/06/09 at 14:29 +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > I'd be perfectly fine with FD being the last review step, and DAM > > "just" in charge of creating the account, trusting FD judgement. > > > > What would we be missing that way? > > What you miss is that I move all p

Re: DAM queues processing

2009-06-23 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > I'd be perfectly fine with FD being the last review step, and DAM > "just" in charge of creating the account, trusting FD judgement. > > What would we be missing that way? What you miss is that I move all problematic candidates to DAM with the comment "I'm not entirely

DAM queues processing

2009-06-23 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:30:53AM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > Some of them have been FD-approved a very, very long time ago: > Alexander Gerasiov has been FD-approved on 2009-01-10, and Asheesh > Loria on 2008-12-22 (but apparently, because of an unanswered RC > bug, DAM postponed approving him