Re: [PORPOSAL] The current NM process impairs Debian quality
On 24 Apr 2002, Manfred Wassmann wrote:
> Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de> writes:
>
> > tags 142226 - potato
> > severity 142226 grave
> > thanks
> >
> > 1. This bug shouldn't be tagged "potato" since it does not affect a
>...
> Instead I think that the NM process doesn't take into account that a
> prospective NM, once having completed all checks, is very likely to
> have one or more packages in the distribution. And, once that is, it
> is very likely that bug reports are getting filed against those
> packages. Now these bugs are less likely to be fixed if the NM has to
> bug other developers to sponsor the package for every little change to
> be made. The sponsoring system is OK for the first upload, maybe the
> second, but after that it starts to annoy.
>...
You need a regular sponsor for your packages. Why are you e.g. not
registered at the "Sponsorship of future Debian developers" page [1]?
You could also try to directly contact people who maintain packages that
are related to your packages like in your case perhaps Jeff Licquia. It's
funny that you write this in respose to a mail I sent because in the times
when I was a Debian developers I was one of the persons who were strictly
against people getting their Debian account too fast. The sponsor should
ensure a minimum level of quality of the packages he sponsors. After
sponsoring more than a dozen of people I can say that the quality of the
first packages someone makes is often very low. And it's good if some of
these packages get rejected by a sponsor instead of getting directly
into unstable. Besides this it's good if it takes several months until
someone gets his account because then you see better whether he's really
interested in working for Debian - there were too many people who made one
package and were MIA soon later.
> regards manolo
cu
Adrian "who doesn't like to be further involved in this discussion since
he's no longer a DD"
[1] http://www.internatif.org/bortzmeyer/debian/sponsor/
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