On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:17:12AM +0800, Enrico Zini wrote: > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 07:08:52PM +0200, Sylvain Beucler wrote: > > > (I looked in the FAQ but didn't find the answer :)) > > Heh. I've always wished this could be changed before the need came to > document it, because it really isn't good as it is now. > > > When are the debtags from Packages.gz updated from > > http://debtags.alioth.debian.org/ ? > > About once a month. It needs to be done manually because the submissions > need to be reviewed, and I do it in batches: it's similar to, and about > as fun as going through an unfiltered mailbox to separate spam and ham. > > > For example, the 'goplay' interface presents games that people can > > install, sorted by tags. However it only show packages that were > > tagged. Using the website I tagged a few games that were missing, and > > now I'm wondering what is the next step to have them listed in > > 'goplay'. > > Ping me is currently the best thing to do, and you have done it :) > I've just done a review and uploaded the new tags: they should reach the > Packages file in at most a couple of days. > > I'm currently waiting for debconf to discuss with the ftp-masters about > this proposal: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/02/msg00942.html > which might introduce the idea of maintainers doing at least some of the > tag review. > > In the long term, I'd like to write some web interface for authenticated > people to do the review, and maybe lock some tags from editing. The > idea would be, for example, to put the games team in charge of the games > tags, or the perl team in charge of perl tags.
Thanks! Also: is Lenny's Packages.gz synchronized too, or is the debtags list frozen for stable? -- Sylvain _______________________________________________ Debtags-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debtags-devel
