Publishing process for PDF documents is slow

[George Christofis]

Ubuntu Greece (ubuntu-gr) [1] is released a magazine, called Ubuntistas [2].

We have successfully publish the two previous issues 13 &14 of our magazine in Ubuntu software center [3].
Now we release a new issue, is there any process which can follow in order to speed up the publishing issue 15 ?
[EDIT] The issue 15 is available in Ubuntu software center but 15 days after release. Issue 14 was the 1st issu that we publish on ubuntu software center and was available in 8 days while issue 13 after 18 days! [/EDIT]
The magazine is not an application but only a pdf file!

[EDIT]We need a procedure in order to publish faster the next issues.[/EDIT]
Is there a different way to publish magazines than apps on ubuntu software center?
Is it possible to find a new procedure for such type of packages (pdf) ?
I think that must be a faster progress to add a magazine on ubuntu software center.

[1] http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-greek-users , http://www.ubuntu-gr.org
[2] http://ubuntistas.ubuntu-gr.org/
[3] https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/search/?q=Ubuntistas&op=

[George Christofis (geochr)]

The issue 15 is now available in Ubuntu software center, but the answer is remaining for the next issues.
The time until publishing was 15 days! Isn't too many days for a pdf file ?

[John Pugh (jpugh)]

Two issues here.

First, the submissions in question are submitted as free/libre apps and go into the ARB queue automatically. If they are submitted as a proprietary app they would hit the correct queue immediately ("commercial/paid") and be processed in turn. Turnaround times in the paid queue are usually 3-5 business days depending on queue size.

Second, this submission is submitted as a raw PDF with no packaging and as such requires packaging work for placement on the USC which does increase review time. Happy to provide the standard packaging for this submission upon request.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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[George Christofis (geochr)]

Do you mean to create a PPA for a magazine which isn't belongs to me but a magazine of ubuntu-gr community ?

[dobey (dobey)]

George, you don't need to create a PPA, but the PDF file must be distributed in the end, via the standard .deb packaging format. By submitting a PDF directly, additional time is needed to be able to push the document out, as it must be packaged first.

[Chris Triantafillis (christriant)]

@Rodney, is there any special way to package the PDF?

[John Pugh (jpugh)]

Marking invalid as the ARB process is defunct however the dev has instruction to submit as a proprietary app in order to reach the correct queue for PDFs.

[George Christofis (geochr)]

@John Pugh (jpugh) Thanks for the info. Now we will follow the correct procedure.

[George Christofis (geochr)]

With the procedure that jpugh indicated, the magazine became available on USC in less than 2 days!