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Re: FAQ for debian-mentors



On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 10:52:39AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 05:54:49PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote:
> > OK, having watched the same questions come past regularly, I've finally
> > bitten the bullet and put a bit of a FAQ together for this list.  I'd
> > appreciate comments and more questions and answers.
> 
> > http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html
> 
> Thanks, good shot. Things I am missing:
> * Section "How do I get a sponsor for my package?" should explicitely
>   note that we are not interested (a lot) in the binary package but in
>   the source package, i.e. dsc and diff.gz.

Done, along with some extras on quality checking and why it takes me so long
to upload new sponsees' packages.  <g>

> * debian-mentors frequently gets posts from people who are mixing up
>   "sponsor" and "advocate" and the time-line. It would be nice if the
>   FAQ could explain this, especially the time-line:

Considering my "heated" replies on this topic in the past, I can't believe I
forgot this to begin with!

Thanks for the suggestions.

- Matt



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