On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 02:22:53PM +0100, Thomas Seyrat wrote: > I packaged a requested software (see #120912), plus a related one, put > both on http://glou.net/~thomas/debian/ with full source, posted to > debian-mentors, put my name and description for both packages on the > sponsorship program web page, and ... got _absolutely_ no answer. > > Now, my question is : are these packages totally unuseful to Debian ? > And, if so, should I go on searching wnpp for something hopefully > useful, package it again, and get the same result, no sponsor or > advocate ? When I first saw the announcement about the new requirement for advocates, I understood it to mean I should first get involved in something already in Debian to give people a chance to get to know me before even thinking about going though NM: You should advocate someone when you think that he is ready to be a developer -- when he has the required skills and when he has been involved with the project for some time. Just ask yourself if you want to see him in Debian -- if you think he should be a Debian developer then go ahead and recommend him. [1] For my part, I got involved initially by sending some modifications and suggestions for existing packages that I had installed on my machine to the maintainers. That developed into me contributing several new features, bugfixes and general suggestions for whereami, maintained by Andrew McMillan. When apt-proxy was orphaned in December, I asked Andrew if he would be willing to sponsor uploads for me and advocate me as a NM, to which he immediately agreed, even though he had no personal interest in apt-proxy itself. He had already seen enough of my coding and packaging to be willing to provide sponsorship, for which I am very grateful. There is a huge amount that can be done in Debian which would benefit existing users and/or developers, without needing to find a developer who has sufficient spare time to look at a completely new package from an unknown person. I would highly recommend looking to help out with existing work, rather than wanting to create new work before anyone knows your skills. You can always contribute new packages later. Chris [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2001/debian-devel-announce-200102/msg00004.html -- Chris Halls | Frankfurt, Germany
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