Thanks for your response-- On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 08:47:46AM +1000, Craig Small wrote: > > So I applied to become a DD, got my key signed and my application > > verified, and now I am waiting for an AM assignment. > Make sure you've done your homework. The key is signed, good! Is > the package lintian/linda clean? The script passes lintian and linda (actually, it appears to me that either one is fine?). > Have you read the developer's reference? I did read the developer's reference. I know where to look when I need to find something. I'm starting off with a relatively simple package (just a perl script), so a lot of the stuff about shared libraries, etc., I figure I'll come back to when I need to. > Get a sponsor. Having/getting a sponsor will not slow down your DD > process unless you are very limited in time. It may even speed up your > application (it makes the T&S check easier). Hopefully Joe will agree to sponsor my package. If that doesn't work out, I'd like to renew my request here for a sponsor! > My personal opinion is that anyone who is in the NM queue, if they are > there for packaging stuff, should be attempting a sponsored package. > It shows you can package something. Your behaviour to bugs that come up > or how you upgrade and maintain the package is a good "reference" for > your debian maintainership. Sounds like a good standard. I've been quite responsive to bug reports thus far, as you might be able to tell from the changelog. Incidentally, the package, apt repository, etc., are here: http://bostoncoop.net/adam/salonify Thanks again. -- Adam Kessel
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