Re: soundtracker not updated ?
Hi,
Quoting Raphael Hertzog (hertzog@debian.org):
> Le Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 07:19:02PM +0200, Robert van der Meulen ?crivait:
> > (and yet another reason why i think the whole sponsoring thing sucks, and
> > should be removed from the maintainership process)
> There's the same problem with official Debian developpers. Sponsoree don't
> disappear more or less than any Debian developer. In fact, a sponsoree who
> disappear is better than a Debian maintainer who disappear, at least we
> have not created an account for nothing.
Nope, there's a difference. An official debian developer is 'bound' to the
project. He/she has agreed to some guidelines, contracts, rules. A sponsoree
doesn't do this at all. A sponsoree cannot be officially denied, rejected
from the project, larted, or even _spoken to_ for his/her deeds concerning
the debian project. Not for good, not for bad.
A debian developer is placed in an organisation, in the project - not a
bystander who happens to know someone who agrees to make use of his/her
project membership to upload and/or check stuff.
A developer has gone trough the NM phase, has been tested and proven, and
went trough the trouble to become one. A sponsoree can be anyone.
If someone wants to contribute in the form of maintaining a package; let
him/her join the project. Sponsorship can _at most_ be a temporary solution
for people who are in the NM queue; as a permanent solution it is simply an
officialised hack.
> If you could think harder before saying that something sucks ... :-(
Not entirely, as this is not the first time i've thought about this, or had
a discussion about it. I suggest you check the archives for earlier rants :)
Greets,
Robert
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