Re: "Waiting for DAM" - can I do something to progress?
On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:22:22 pm Iustin Pop wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 01:04:21PM +0100, Steffen Joeris wrote:
> > Hi Iustin
> >
> > > During all my NM process, I felt like I can very much influence the
> > > process - answer faster, answer better and I progress. So it was much
> > > better than I feared, based on urban legends.
> > >
> > > However, I'm now "Waiting for DAM" for a couple of weeks and I wonder
> > > what happens now. Is it just waiting for someone to have time to do
> > > this processing? Or is it there something more (like a hidden patience
> > > test :)?
> > >
> > > I know that some people waited for many months at this stage, so I
> > > shouldn't complain… In any case,
> > > http://www.debian.org/devel/join/nm-step7 only says that there is a
> > > completeness check of the report, and thus I'm confused.
> >
> > Heh, you can't write this email after waiting in the DAM queue for 2
> > weeks ... you should be rejected for this. :P
>
> He he :)
>
> > Nah seriously, just wait a little longer. I actually don't thing it's
> > such a bad idea that people wait a little to show that they really show
> > interest and that it's not a temporary thing (nothing to do with you).
>
> That makes sense, but in all fairness, then it should be advertised as
> such - e.g. something like "the last stage is to observe your behaviour
> in interaction with other maintainers and users, etc. for X months".
Please note that this is just my personal opinion and not (necessarily) the
intention behind the queue.
> Again, I don't mind waiting (for most of my packages I'm
> DM-Upload-Allowed, so no blocking point), I was just wondering if
> everything is OK or whether I need to complete some secret objectives I
> don't know of. Of course, if they are really secret you can't tell me
> anyway :)
Nah, no secret, we only have secret cabals but no secret inauguration rites.
:)
Cheers
Steffen
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