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Originally Posted by bakes
Why does it take from 5-8 hrs for a download to be approved for others to download? I understand that the admins arent on 24/7 but isnt there a way to make it so if the download is just an update that its auto approved aslong as its uploaded by the same author? The initial approval for new downloads would still need to be approved by admins but updates to ui/patches etc could be auto approved aslong as same person does it... Would allow for critical updates to ui's to actually be download when the are released and now some 5-8 hours later in the day.
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I'm sure it is frustrating that it sometimes takes a while to get approved. I myself have over 10+ Mods here on the site. Every time Sony makes the slightest changes to their default UI, it generally triggers me to update and or fix my UI Mods that were affected by their changes. I make my fixes and test them as much as possible, then I submit them as updates, with the understanding that it may take a while to get approved. I generally post in the forums, something to the effect that that Hey I updated this mod or that mod to make it compatible with the latest changes, and it's awaiting approval. That way anyone that is using my mod knows I have fixed it and it's just a matter of time before they are able to download it.
Personally I believe 5 to 8 hours or sooner is an awesome turnaround time. Has anyone ever submitted an Online Help request to one of the Big Companies like Sony, Microsoft, Disney, etc. They will tell you after you submit your request that you can expect to hear something in between 48 to 72 hours.
I feel bad when I submit more than 1 update to any of my mods in a given day. The last Big Patch (Live Update #5 - Sony's term for it) I updated all 8 of my XP Bar mods the same day, to reflect the changes of Update #5 and to fix a more critical issue where some of them were causing the players to crash when they camped to Character Select and picked another character to play. I put the admins through allot of work to get those 8 mod updates approved.
I would never want to see an Auto-Update take place, even if it was only an Update by the same Author. Having a second set of eyes look at it first ensures that I didn't screw something up when I made my zip file like put the wrong file in the zip, or forget something in the zip that I needed to allow the Mod to work. No matter how long it takes I like having someone looking at it before it's put live on the site.
No complaints here on how things work. Dolby and his folks have done and continue to do an awesome job.