On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 at 14:35:21, LoneVVolf wrote:
Perhaps we could treat the aur-requests more like a bug tracker ?
a possible flow :
request is filed and gets unassigned status
TUs review unassigned requests
If they feel they are right person to handle it, they assign it to themselves. request status changes to assigned, and the TU is now responsible for handling the request.
If they are not, they leave the request unassigned, maybe post something why they are not qualified.
Fixing a bug can take a lot of time and might require someone with special knowledge. Accepting a package request literally takes a couple of seconds (read the reason, double-check whether it is valid, click a link) and every Trusted User should be able to decide whether a request is valid or not. If a request is controversial, a TU should sent a short email to the mailing list and the request should be marked in the request list (can be done automatically). Any additional administrative burden is counterproductive.
Once a request has assigned status, policy rules for such a type of request are added to the request. Only the assigned TU can accept or deny a request.