Instead of replying to the comments made already I am trying to present the points which I think are the root causes behind the large number of items in the queue.
1. Man power IIRC, there was time when only MOTU and Core Dev members could review the package. A normal user could not add comment on someone else's package. This is no more the case. But are people aware of this? I am sure someone who has fixed or helped fixing more than 10 packages in a cycle will make a good reviewer even though he has never created a package from scratch. 2. Improvement to REVU One of the main reason that has put me off from doing major participation in review is that there is no easy way to select the packages for review. I have absolutely zero knowledge about how python apps work. Also at any point of time I would prefer reviewing java application/library to a C/C++ application. But currently I can not just take a look at REVU and know which packages fit into the criteria. I can download diff.gz for the package, extract it and then check control file to see build dependencies but then it will be tiresome after some time. So if there was a way to add keywords to the package it will make life easy for reviewers. If this was automated even better. I will be glad if REVU simply told me what the build dependencies of the package are by extracting them from control file. I hope these points will be useful in the discussion. Onkar -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
