On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 03:49:33PM -0500, David Moreno Garza wrote: > On Mon, 2005-08-01 at 15:55 +0400, Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote: > > > > I'm already waiting for DAM approval for almost 6 months, and I'm > > ready to > > wait more (after all, there is a psyhological difference between a day > > and > > a month, but not between 6 and 12 months). > > > > The only thing that makes me feel uncomfortable now is that I'm not > > able to > > upload packages that fix bugs timely - communication with sponsor > > leads to > > very long overhead - probably because of vacation season... > > Actually, the same for me, almost. > > I have been in the whole NM process for more than 13 months now. I spent > around 6 months with my AM, around another 6 to be approved by the DAM > and I'm waiting now, since a month ago, for my account to be created. > Yes, I also know some people have had longer times. > > The thing that makes me feel uncomfortable is how Debian cannot > encourage people for helping the project with this. Motivation probably > just leaves with the long time waiting (in my case, there is nothing > else on my hands to do). People just loses faith. It is sad to see the > process is more a matter of time, than capacity or work done, > experience. And well, right now I feel so close but also so far, because > of the uncertainty, to conclude my process. I will have to nod in agreement. Although it has only been a couple of months since I entered the NM queue, looking at how long many of the candidates ahead of me have been in the queue is rather disheartening. I plan to stick it out, but I am sure that there others who are not willing to wait so long. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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