On Sat, Aug 09, 2003 at 05:03:19AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Andrew Suffield <asuffield@debian.org> writes: > > > Non-DDs could pick up an old patch and see to it that it works with a > > > newer version. Might be something they could get get credits for on > > > their application. > > > > > > Is there a space on the application where sponsors or maintainer who > > > see good work being done by the NM can give comments. Surely the DAM > > > can't follow all sponsored uploads or patches send to the bts so he > > > might easily overlook an productive NM. > > > > It's the AMs role to collate this sort of information; people can mail > > comments to them (the AM should actively seek it out as well), and > > applicants are always asked what they are doing/planning to do from > > the outset. > > Can the AM add it to the application? Why not show such comments on > the applications webpage? Have a "comments" field just like the > "packages" field or something. There is an unbounded comments field, but since the process is primarily mail-driven anyway, most people don't use it much. The database is only really for statistics collection and suchlike. There's a huge wishlist of stuff that the nm.debian.org database could do and doesn't, but thus far, nobody with the right mix of php, perl, python and time (and wml?) has appeared to do the work. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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