On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 04:11:20PM +0100, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote: > On 11/14/25 3:01 PM, Sean Whitton wrote: > > Hello, > > > > On Fri 14 Nov 2025 at 12:40pm +01, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote: > > > > > On 11/14/25 12:32 PM, Holger Levsen wrote: > > > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 11:08:20AM +0000, Holger Levsen wrote: > > > > > I'm considering starting a GR to... do what? That I am not sure yet. But this > > > > > is really really bad. >1000 packages made it through NEW in 2025 alone, yet > > > > > we are where we are. > > > > I was corrected, so far 2913 packages made it through NEW in 2025. That's > > > > roughly 10 per day. > > > > > > And a single person is responsible for almost all of them. > > > > > > Think of how many packages would pass NEW with more people helping out. > > > > > > Or how few if Thorsten stops working on NEW. > > > > Yes. That's not a sustainable situation. > > > > "almost all" as in, 99.<multiple nines>, seriously. > > For those who might think this is hyperbole, these are the numbers for 2025: > > Periods: 10 (2025-01 - 2025-10) > Total accepted: 2814 > ta accepted: 2726 (99.9999999999999999999999999999%) > > This is using the numbers for Thorsten's blog. > > You need to go out of your way to not get the percentage rounded up to 100%. > > Kind Regards, > > Bas > Regardless of who it is, having that vision is not healthy for any project. Having the work concentrated on a single person is far from being a good practice for the longevity of the activities. Note: This is not a criticism of Thorsten's work, but rather a concern about the future of the project. Best Regards -- Daniel Lenharo Curitiba - Brazil www.lenharo.eti.br 31D8 0509 460E FB31 DF4B 9629 FB0E 132D DB0A A5B1
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