On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 12:11:07PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 05:05:07PM +0100, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > > > And yes, i volunteer to help out NEW handling, if that help is wanted. > > Just for the record, not to anyone directly, it just fits here: > > This is not how it works. Offering something randomly and then sitting > > back waiting, later maybe complaining offer wasnt accepted. > > The way I got into the ftpteam was simple to do the work. > > ssh to merkel, looking at the changes files if I find a reason for the > > package to go out of new, compiling a list of stuff, feeding it to one > > of the guys who could run lisa on it. > > Done that a few times with some long lists, got some packages out of > > NEW. Now I do it myself... > > So, If you want anything to be done: Dont write mails about it how it > > could be done, just do it, anything else is just to be treated as the > > stuff our politicians say... > Easy thing. i tried to help ftp-masters on some case which where important and > where packages got undully retained in NEW for long time (and these where the > powerpc kernels, which on two occasions had a >1 month waiting time in the > past, and the kernel-latest-powerpc metapackages, which will not be used by > d-i because of the >1.5 month waiting time) http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/03/msg00410.html Lay off the fucking FUD. > And do you seriously think that the ftp-master team would have been expanded > like it has, if the issue would not have aired publicly recently ? I have some > doubts about it. That's because you're a twit, and the very reason ftp-masters are afraid that taking positive action in the current mailing list climate is seen as encouraging that hostile climate. Thanks for that. http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2005/02/msg00213.html -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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