Re: Merging sponsorship program and WNPP
Hi.
Matt Kraai (kraai@alumni.cmu.edu) wrote*:
>[Please CC me, as I'm not on debian-mentors.]
Voluntary.
>Thomas Viehmann wrote:
>> Aside from the results of the thread that followed (discuss with web people who
>> maintain WNPP lists etc.), I still think it uneccessarily lowers visibility of RFSs.
>
>How's that? Rather than being available in the archives of
>debian-mentors, a list of packages awaiting sponsorship will be
>available on the web and in the WNPP report.
I'd guess that there are more debian-developers (potential sponsors) subscribed to
debian-mentors than the wnpp package.
>> Also: What are the harms of the current system? If anyone wants to (and some people
>> do), they can always send a mail to the ITP announcing they're now in the process of
>> seeking a sponsor.
>
>Developers have to search the archives of debian-mentors to see if
>the package is still being developed or is awaiting a sponsor.
>Why use a BTS instead of reporting bugs to a mailing list?
1.
Again, the same thing can be achieved by following up the ITP with "I'm done
packaging, need a sponsor."
2.
Sponsoring often seems not to be "here is my perfect package, can you upload", but
rather "can you please take a look at my package" and then the sponsorship request
follows after some time.
3.
Seeking sponsorship should be a short period. Thus I don't by the "have to search
the list archives" arguement. (If, however, there's a dozen developers here that say
"oh, I'm searching the d-m archives every day because RFSs don't appear in wnpp",
I'll happily retreat on that claim.)
4.
I think that [1] is precedence for "list works out better than some web page".
5. More a question than a point:
How come you're so keen on reforming the sponsorship system when you're not
presently subscribed to d-m?
Basically, I think sponsorship is more interactive than the typical bug report, thus
I think the debian-mentors list is doing a good job. You can, of course, argue that
I can always mail the list for "here's my 203rd attempt to find a sponsor", but then
one can just stick with the list in the first place.
In summary, while I do think there are some disadvantages to the proposal, I don't
care too much. I believe though, that your time (and possibly others needing to help
you) is better spent otherwise.
Cheers
T.
1. http://www.internatif.org/bortzmeyer/debian/sponsor/
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