Re: Upload of a new package
On 2004-05-19 Fabio Tranchitella <kobold@kobold.it> wrote:
> I'm the mantainer of phpldapadmin, a web-based tool for managing ldap
> servers. I'm not (yet!) an official Debian developer, so I asked for a
> sponsor. He checked my package and uploaded in the unstable debian
> archive about ten days ago...
> Here my questions:
> - how long takes the verification process and when will be the package
> available in unstable?
If there are no unusual circumstances up to two weeks. It might take
longer if there is a backlog of to-be-processed packages (we had one
recently because of a kernel security bug, that took away time) or if
the package requires more than the usual attention.
> How can I monitor the state of the package?
There is nothing to monitor. The package sits in queue/NEW until it is
processed. (If you were a dd you could ssh to merkel.debian.org and do
ls -l /org/ftp.debian.org/queue/new/phpldapadmin*
to verify it sits in the queue, but that is not helpful.) If there are
questions you will be contacted per mail, if the package is accepted
you will receive an automatically generated mail.
> - A new minor upstream version is available for the package, my sponsor
> told me it is better to wait the package enters in unstable before
> send the new version, because every upload before this happens "reset
> the timer" and I have to wait more time to see my package in unstable.
*Afaik* there is no "timer". This is not a FIFO, the packages are
processed /roughly/ in chronological order.
cu andreas
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