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Re: looking for a sponsor



On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Admar Schoonen wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 11:49:56AM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > You can submit an RFP by filing a wishlist bug in the Debian BTS against the
> > 'wnpp' package, including 'RFP' in the title of the bug.  Please include in
> > your bug report relevant information about the package, such as copyright
> > information and what the program does.  It may also be helpful to mention that
> > you already have created .deb packages for the software.

> Is filing a normal wishlist bug enough, or should I add an additional header
> to the e-mail sent by bug, so that it is sent to a special mailing list
> (debian-devel?)?

> (I remember something like this for an ITP: iirc a few days ago there was an
> email on debian-devel that ITP's aren't send to debian-devel by default. If
> the ITP should go to debian-devel, the person doing the ITP should start bug
> with some option (-H?). I can't seem to find that message now; I think I
> deleted it...)

An RFP: is almost exactly like an ITP: in every respect, except for the change
in bug title.

The header that lets you cc bugreports is `X-Debbugs-Cc:'.  I'm not too
familiar with the debbugs commandline program, so I can't help with the syntax
there.

Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer



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