Re: needs a sponsor column in m.d.n
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 1:10 AM, Gergely Nagy <algernon@balabit.hu> wrote:
> Rodolfo kix Garcia <kix@kix.es> writes:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> now in mentors.d.n are only packages that needs a sponsor. Is this
>> normal? then, the column about "needs a sponsor" is not needed.
>
> My understanding is, that it can be used to request reviews aswell: when
> a package is mostly done, but is not ready for upload yet, but the
> maintainer wishes to receive input from others, before preparing the
> final version, ready to get sponsored.
>
Also, some package maintainers work as part of a team and already have
a DD willing to sponsor their packages, and they simply need a place
to host their source package so their sponsor can review and upload
their packages.
Vincent
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