On Mon, 2005-11-14 at 10:28 -0700, Troy Heber wrote: > On 11/14/05 11:10, Martin Wuertele wrote: > > > It's not a FIFO queue, it's up to the DAM to decide in what order he > > processes the applicants. The same applies for the FD queue: they try to > > match applicants with suitable AMs. This is nothing personal it might > > take longer to go through all of the correspondence for one applicant > > than it takes for another one. Please be patient, I'm sure your > > application will be processed soon. > > I understand why there are differences in AM assignment and the FD > queue. However, the process is pretty broken if someone can be waiting > in the DAM queue, this mean having completed everything ask of them > already, another NM *applies* for NM and still manages pass through > first. Let me reiterate he applied for NM after I was sitting in the > DAM queue! This is so disproportional that it does not make sense. > > This is a perfect example of why people get so frustrated with the NM > process. In reality the NM process is not a process because it is > non-deterministic. As you say, "it's up to the DAM to decide".
As the person that thought it would be a good idea for Troy to help out as a DD, I also find this frustrating. It's difficult to encourage people to contribute as a DD with a process that's so non-deterministic. > So I will shut up now, and go back to my arbitrary wait. > > Troy > > -- Ciao, al ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Al Stone Alter Ego: Open Source and Linux R&D Debian Developer Hewlett-Packard Company http://www.debian.org E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
