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Re: Q to all candidates: NEW queue



Hi!

On 26.03.20 15:05, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> On 26/03/20 at 14:42 +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:

> A/
> - package is uploaded
> - package waits in NEW
> - package gets reviewed, gets accepted in unstable with a bug filed
> - bug gets fixed
> 
> B/
> - package is uploaded
> - package gets accepted in unstable
> - package gets reviewed, a bug is filed
> - bug gets fixed
> 
> Except that with (B), we avoid the wait in NEW.

In scenario B, the wait is shorter, but there is no guarantee that the
bug gets fixed in an appropriate time frame.

> One important question is: how often does the FTP team run into a
> package that is so problematic that accepting it in Debian with an RC
> bug is not an option?

Another question is: what other things are reviewed by the FTP team?
Like, is there some sort of basic security review, are there packages
that are not appropriate to be uploaded to the archive for some reason
or another? And then this would not just result in an RC bug, I guess?

Ulrike


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