[App-review-board] ARB queue status

[Jono Bacon]

On 19 December 2011 05:37, Daniel Holbach <daniel.holbach at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> thanks a lot for the update Allison!
>
> On 15.12.2011 19:11, Allison Randal wrote:
>> To give an engineering estimate, I'd say the equivalent of one full-time
>> person would be sufficient to keep the queue clear. The review shifts
>> don't add up to a full-time person, but that is pretty much all the time
>> the volunteers currently have available to commit.
>>
>> More hands would be useful, but I suspect we're in the same boat as REVU
>> here, in terms of shortage of volunteers. One thing we can do now is
>> focus our efforts on sending quick replies where possible (a lot of the
>> new submissions have obvious problems like missing source packages).
>> And, once the automatic packaging tools go online in January, that
>> should substantially change what we can accomplish with limited time.
>
> what kind of things will the automatic tools make easier? Is this going
> to be server-side tests or is it going to be something around pkgme?
>
> Do you feel like a public call for help with the queue achieve anything?
> Maybe we could try to organise a day where the ARB gets together with
> others who are interested in testing/reviewing the packages?

I think this could be useful. Is this something the ARB could
coordinate over the next week?

> I know that the task of reviewing these packages is sometimes not easy,
> especially when weird packages are coming in, but I wonder how we can
> get a bit more momentum.

Agreed - I think we need to get the ball rolling and to see if the
team can provide a responsiveness that is within the expectations of
app developer requirements, otherwise I fear the ARB will not be able
to serve the project well.

   Jono


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