When are debtags synchronized with the Packages list?

[Sylvain Beucler]

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:17:12AM +0800, Enrico Zini wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 07:08:52PM +0200, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> 
> > (I looked in the FAQ but didn't find the answer :))
> 
> Heh. I've always wished this could be changed before the need came to
> document it, because it really isn't good as it is now.
> 
> > When are the debtags from Packages.gz updated from
> > http://debtags.alioth.debian.org/ ?
> 
> About once a month. It needs to be done manually because the submissions
> need to be reviewed, and I do it in batches: it's similar to, and about
> as fun as going through an unfiltered mailbox to separate spam and ham.
> 
> > For example, the 'goplay' interface presents games that people can
> > install, sorted by tags.  However it only show packages that were
> > tagged.  Using the website I tagged a few games that were missing, and
> > now I'm wondering what is the next step to have them listed in
> > 'goplay'.
> 
> Ping me is currently the best thing to do, and you have done it :)
> I've just done a review and uploaded the new tags: they should reach the
> Packages file in at most a couple of days.
> 
> I'm currently waiting for debconf to discuss with the ftp-masters about
> this proposal: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/02/msg00942.html
> which might introduce the idea of maintainers doing at least some of the
> tag review.
> 
> In the long term, I'd like to write some web interface for authenticated
> people to do the review, and maybe lock some tags from editing. The
> idea would be, for example, to put the games team in charge of the games
> tags, or the perl team in charge of perl tags.

Thanks!

Also: is Lenny's Packages.gz synchronized too, or is the debtags list
frozen for stable?

-- 
Sylvain