On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 04:53:57PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > "Marcelo E. Magallon" <mmagallo@debian.org> writes: > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 05:17:11PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > > > > > In most cases, this "accepted way" leads to no change in the > > > > > package and is only frustrating for the submitter of the patch > > > > > and Goswin's proposal addresses such cases. I like the idea a lot > > > > > [1] and am sure that this will improve the overall quality of > > > > > Debian. > > > > I don't think that declarations about co-maintainership will > > > > improve the quality of Debian, but more NMUs would. > > > Will you sponsor Marc or me for NMUs? > > Well, as long as you do proper NMUs and provide evidence that you have > > contacted the maintainer (e.g., record in the BTS) regarding the issue, > > I'm sure there's plently of people in the project who would gladly > > sponsor an NMU. The thing about NMUs is (and this flew past Goswin who > You obviously never had to look for a sponsor. > > couldn't see the forest for the trees) your are better familiar with > > the package you are NMUing, that means you know how to make sure that > > you didn't break it. In the case of an sponsored NMU not only you but > > also the sponsor have to fulfill that requirement, and for some > > packages that might limit the pontential sponsors. > Thats why its so damn near impossible to get any base packages fixed > via sponsor. People don't dare touch essential or important packages > risking their neck for something some NM dared to patch. > > In short: make a source package available, post to -mentors or -qa or > > -devel asking for a sponsor. > I did make it available and I asked on -devel. Still no use. FWIW, I would never sponsor an NMU. If the patches are in the BTS, I might accept the suggestion that the package be NMUed, and NMU it myself based on the work that an NM has done; but sponsoring an NMU doesn't make any sense. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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