[Pkg-zfsonlinux-devel] What can be done to make zfs-linux easier to review?

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

Hi.

Is there anything that can be done outside the ftpmaster team to make it
easier to review the zfs-linux package in NEW?  Personally I use zfs on
my storage server, and would love to be able to use packages from the
official Debian mirror instead of unofficial packages from elsewhere.
Apparently Ubuntu already got zfs packages in universe, but I would like
Debian to have it too.  According to <URL: https://bugs.debian.org/686447 >
the previous legal issues  have been resolved, and thus I hope the road
is paved to get zfs into Debian.

Earlier, Thorsten Alteholz told me that normally a long time in NEW
means that there is something wrong with the package, but nobody found
the time to write the REJECT-mail.

But we have no clue what could be wrong, and thus do not know where to
try to improve it.

I know it is obvious from
<URL: https://ftp-master.debian.org/new.html > that there
is still quite a long backlog in NEW, and that you are processing it as
quickly as you can, so I do not mean to interrupt to try to push zfs
ahead in the queue on the expence of some other package, but just wanted
to check if there is some way we can reduce your work load and from our
end increase the chance of zfs getting past NEW.

Please let us know if there is.  We are happy to update the package and
upload new versions if it make your review process easier.

Cc to the alioth mailing list that is the community who is going to
maintain zfs-linux in Debian.

-- 
Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen