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Re: DMUA, again.



hi Bremmer,

On 12/28/2011 01:28 AM, David Bremner wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:58:39 +0700, Mahyuddin Susanto <udienz@ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> Dear mentors,
>>
>> I am looking for a sponsor for my package "gkamus".
>>
>>  * Package name    : gkamus
>>    Version         : 1.0-1
>>    Upstream Author : Ardhan Madras <ajhwb@knac.com>, Firmansyah
>> <leonard_gimsong@yahoo.com>
> 
> Hi, nothing personal about this package or maintainer, but I have to
> state again that in my opinion it is almost never correct to upload a
> package for the first time with DMUA set, and certainly never correct to
> do so for a maintainer that the uploader does not know well. My
> interpretation of the DM structure is that the DD doing the upload needs
> to assess the DM's ability to maintain *that particular package*. I can
> (maybe) imagine that being possible for a maintainer that the DD knows,
> and package similar to other packages already maintained by that
> maintainer, but I am puzzled by generic requests for sponsorship with
> DMUA: yes.
> 
> David

Yup, nothing personally. After discussing in irc i know that "DMUA is a
sign of your sponsor to declare he trusts your work. It is not up to you
to decide whether you are "ready" to upload independently a given
package. " (daemonkeeper)

I've re-upload gkamus packages without DMUA.

Thanks guys!
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[ Mahyuddin Susanto ] - http://udienz.web.id
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