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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/19/2019 4:05 PM, Tanstaafl wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">On Tue Mar 19 2019 14:11:19 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Jörg
Knobloch <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jorgk@jorgk.com"><jorgk@jorgk.com></a> wrote:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">My conclusion is that everyone is happy with waiting times of up to six
months since the discussion has drifted elsewhere (like on so many
occasions).
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That's a pretty awful assumption to make just based on some chatter here
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<p>Indeed assumptions can be bad. And I'm surprised Jorg would
think that people on this list who don't have data about why
addons are in the queue could possibly have enough insight to make
a meaningful contribution to the question.<br>
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I have limited understanding of the data (I'm not a reviewer) and I
have not done a statistical analysis, so the following should be
considered incomplete. From what I see the majority of addons are
probably being reviewed quickly, and many those that are in the
queue have issues. Some examples of what I see<br>
<p>* One addon per day is being approved (on average) since Jan 1,
2019.<br>
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<p>* Yes, the oldest in queue is 6 months. But the median wait time
today <b>of those still in the queues</b>[1] is 1-2 months.
(which is to say, the average wait is <u>not </u>1-2 months -
but I also don't know what the average wait is.)<br>
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<p>* A couple of the very oldest items in queue are for Seamonkey,
not Thunderbird</p>
<p>* Some add-ons in queue are rather obscure (which might explain
them not getting reviewed) or cosmetic (not adding functionality)</p>
<p>* One is waiting for author feedback and ultimately likely to be
not be approved</p>
<p>* One of the oldest, textra, does seem like the last submission
would be a trivial review <br>
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<p>It's not worth me citing the entire list. Several of the two
month old submissions do look like potential easy reviews. But
there are also many which aren't blocked waiting on Thunderbird
reviewers or for various reasons aren't an easy. <br>
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<p>Also it seems to me Jorg isn't commenting about the general state
of reviews - he only stated concern about the LONGEST wait time,
not the average review rate. People really need to be careful not
to generalize about something from a narrow example. </p>
<p>If further conversation is desired, this really needs feedback of
someone who better understands the review process and what's in
the queues.</p>
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<p>[1] queues:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/reviewers/queue/new">https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/reviewers/queue/new</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/reviewers/review/requestpolicy-continued">https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/reviewers/review/requestpolicy-continued</a>
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