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RE: Newbie Questions about Mentors and Package Priorities



On 05-Jun-2000 Eric Gillespie, Jr. wrote:
> I sent my application to new-maintainer last week, and now i have
> a few questions. How long should i expect to wait to hear from
> them? Will i be assigned a mentor or do i need to find one
> myself?
> 

New maintainer just opened and we have quite a queue formed.  May be a little
while.  You must get your own sponsor, one is not assigned.  A sponsor is NOT
needed, only recommended.

> 
> Should the packages be in optional or extra? I think i read this
> somewhere, but i can't find any reference to it now.
> 

in potato there are several docs related to packaging.  One is called
packaging-manual.  All of them are in section 'doc'.



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