* Henning Makholm (henning@makholm.net) wrote: > Scripsit Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> > > * Henning Makholm (henning@makholm.net) wrote: > > > The statistics on the nm.debian.org front page says that the > > > median time for the "awaiting DAM approval" stage is 57 days. If that > > > number is true, there must be a problem that deserves fixing. > > > 57 days isn't that long > > Did you read the rest of my message, where I explained that the number > 57 is not true but rather more than twice the actual median? Nope, didn't bother, and apparently wasn't necessary. > > and doesn't imply that there's a problem. > > These are of course subjective matters, but I think it would be a > problem in itself if half of the prospective developers needed to wait > for two months in the DAM phase. The AM checklist says that applicants > must be "ready, willing, and able to aggressively pursue their > application", and the initial-contact template ends in > > | Note: If you ever need more than 2 weeks for an answer of a mail, > | please inform me about the delay. If delays are long or frequent, I > | may put you on hold until you have time to complete the process. > > One would assume that an applicant who can sit through *four times* 2 > weeks of silence after "OK, I have recommended that you get accepted" > without pinging somebody, must be insufficiently aggressive about his > application. That's from the AM perspective, and is for one particular AM, really. The templates are a guideline and, for example, I've got my own somewhat modified version. Additionally, the comment says 'for an answer' and a mail that doesn't need an answer wouldn't apply. Stephen
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