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Re: every day, 10 packages make it through NEW (Re: Seeking new members for the DFSG team (Re: Bits from the DPL))

From	Daniel Lenharo de Souza <lenharo@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.devel
Subject	Re: every day, 10 packages make it through NEW (Re: Seeking new members for the DFSG team (Re: Bits from the DPL))
Date	2025-11-14 17:10 +0100
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On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 04:11:20PM +0100, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote:
> On 11/14/25 3:01 PM, Sean Whitton wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > On Fri 14 Nov 2025 at 12:40pm +01, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote:
> > 
> > > On 11/14/25 12:32 PM, Holger Levsen wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 11:08:20AM +0000, Holger Levsen wrote:
> > > > > I'm considering starting a GR to... do what? That I am not sure yet. But this
> > > > > is really really bad. >1000 packages made it through NEW in 2025 alone, yet
> > > > > we are where we are.
> > > >    I was corrected, so far 2913 packages made it through NEW in 2025. That's
> > > > roughly 10 per day.
> > > 
> > > And a single person is responsible for almost all of them.
> > > 
> > > Think of how many packages would pass NEW with more people helping out.
> > > 
> > > Or how few if Thorsten stops working on NEW.
> > 
> > Yes.  That's not a sustainable situation.
> > 
> > "almost all" as in, 99.<multiple nines>, seriously.
> 
> For those who might think this is hyperbole, these are the numbers for 2025:
> 
>  Periods: 10 (2025-01 - 2025-10)
>  Total accepted: 2814
>  ta accepted:    2726 (99.9999999999999999999999999999%)
> 
> This is using the numbers for Thorsten's blog.
> 
> You need to go out of your way to not get the percentage rounded up to 100%.
> 
> Kind Regards,
> 
> Bas
> 

Regardless of who it is, having that vision is not healthy for any project.
Having the work concentrated on a single person is far from being a good
practice for the longevity of the activities.
Note: This is not a criticism of Thorsten's work, but rather a concern about
the future of the project.

Best Regards

-- 
Daniel Lenharo
Curitiba - Brazil
www.lenharo.eti.br
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