Re: another reason why requiring NMs to be sponsored is a bad idea
Thus spoke Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> on 2002-01-17 11:25:08:
> >>>>> "Gergely" == Gergely Nagy <algernon@debian.org> writes:
>
> >> No, we don't. It's normal, but not required. The NM process
> >> doesn't even require a person to maintain any packages,
> >> although I'm not aware of anybody who passed it in another
> >> manner (and I'd be surprised if anybody did).
>
> Gergely> I do, and not only one.
>
>
> I'd hope that if you and the NM cannot agree on a sponsor you give the
> applicant a chance to pick another AM.
Err. My point was that they did not, and do not maintain any packages in
Debian. There's no need for a sponsor if there is no package. And one
can be a useful part of Debian without maintaining anything (and so it
is written somewhere around nm.debian.org).
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