Matthew Palmer wrote: > So, comments, brickbats, acclaim, whatever. Throw it at me. Well I don't think that this system as described would be of any use to me. I want to maintain a close relationship with the people whose package I sponsor. I want to know if they are not able to send me a package that will build properly. I want to work with them and be familiar with the overall work they are doing on Debian, so I want to always sponsor their package except when I'm unavailable (or too slow). Evenually, and most importantly, if they turn out to be doing a good job, I want to get them into Debian as a proper DD, and that is why I require the numerous bits of information I gather in passing while sponsoring them, so I can know if I want to advocate them or not. (I'd also like to see AM's making more use of this information. If I've advocated someone, I can tell you what parts of T&S they have already, IMHO, passed.) Also, if things should go wrong, and my sponsee turns out to not have the skills, interest, or time, I consider it my responsibility as the sponsor to do any cleanup that might be required, orphaning or temporarily maintaining packages, etc. I don't see that your system helps with any of these things. I can see it being possibly useful in the case where I am temporarily unavailable and my sponsee needs to make an upload, but I cannot imagine myself using it to randomly request to perform such a sponsorship for someone I don't know and don't have a working relationship with, for a package with which I am unfamiliar. Just me, perhaps. (I also hope that nobody roots your autobuilder.) -- see shy jo
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