Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> writes: > On Friday, February 4, 2022 6:24:56 PM EST Philip Hands wrote: >> Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> writes: >> >> ... >> >> > Currently the only answer is join the FTP Team as a trainee when there >> > is a call for volunteers. I totally get the frustration. >> >> People could always just send additional data points to the relevant ITP >> bug, like this: >> >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1004021#10 >> >> If that's actually useful for FTP team members, it could be encouraged >> on the New queue page. >> >> A link to a wiki page with suggestions of what to check, and how best to >> submit reports in order to make them most useful would probably do the >> trick. >> >> Would that actually help? > > I'm not sure what the best solution is as far as notification goes. Generally > we don't look at the ITP when reviewing packages (ITP isn't even required, so > it's really outside our scope). I only went for that because it is at least linked to from the New entry (if there's an ITP). > A comment to the ITP should get to the original packager. If it's a > worthwhile issue they can fix and re-upload. > > Most packages are currently available on Salsa even though not directly > available through the New queue. A copy of the New queue does exist on > coccia, but it's not currently readable for non-FTP Team members. It's > probably not too hard to change that if it turns out having other DDs review > things is useful. > > Right to the ITP bug and mention it on #debian-ftp might not be a bad way to > start experimenting with external reviews. OK, done that, so let's see if it's deemed useful. Cheers, Phil. -- |)| Philip Hands [+44 (0)20 8530 9560] HANDS.COM Ltd. |-| http://www.hands.com/ http://ftp.uk.debian.org/ |(| Hugo-Klemm-Strasse 34, 21075 Hamburg, GERMANY
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