Is FTP Master's NEW queue handled manually?

[Loren M. Lang]

This is just for my own curiosity and understanding. Is the NEW queue on
FTP Master handled entirely manually?

I see a number of packages that go back quite a few months, however,
it's not exactly clear to me what kind of things are holding those
packages up at least from looking at the website. For example, looking
at stac-validator, I see it's been in the queue for 6 months now
looking at the bug report linked for it, there doesn't seem to be any
indication of what might be holding it up. Is every item in this queue
ultimately waiting for a human to give it a green light or is there some
automated check that might block them?

I'm just trying to better understand the process here and how to tell
what is holding a package back when it's been in the queue for months. I
have nothing myself so it's just for understanding.

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[Victor Westerhuis]

"Loren M. Lang" <lor...@north-winds.org> schreef op 8 februari 2024 02:13:49 CET:

>This is just for my own curiosity and understanding. Is the NEW queue on
>FTP Master handled entirely manually?
>
>I see a number of packages that go back quite a few months, however,
>it's not exactly clear to me what kind of things are holding those
>packages up at least from looking at the website. For example, looking
>at stac-validator, I see it's been in the queue for 6 months now
>looking at the bug report linked for it, there doesn't seem to be any
>indication of what might be holding it up. Is every item in this queue
>ultimately waiting for a human to give it a green light or is there some
>automated check that might block them?
>
>I'm just trying to better understand the process here and how to tell
>what is holding a package back when it's been in the queue for months. I
>have nothing myself so it's just for understanding.
>

Certain Lintian tags cause a package to be rejected automatically, as listed under Lintian Autorejects on ftp-master.debian.org. If the package is not automatically rejected, it is manually reviewed according to the criteria on ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html.
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Vriendelijke groet, Kind regards,

Victor Westerhuis