Although I completely agree that spamming the list is not appropriate, I also think that Thomas has a valid complaint in that, as far as I have seen, nobody has raised any real objections to his package that have not been addressed, except that there are already a lot of MP3 players. If we generally denied the creation of a new package because there are already other packages that do similar things, a lot of innovation would be shut down. Hence, that is an argument that I find antithetical to the open source movement. During this time period many other packages have been sponsored. Therefore, I think it is appropriate for Thomas to request that someone either point out a valid reason for not sponsoring the package, or else sponsor it. On Saturday, January 7, 2023 4:17:17 AM MST David Bürgin wrote: > Hello Thomas, > > Thomas Dettbarn: > > Package: sponsorship-requests > > Severity: wishlist > > > > Dear mentors, > > > > I am still looking for a sponsor for my package "d11amp": > > They are an elusive bunch, aren't they? > > So, this week, I am trying the SPAMMING approach. ;) > > I am not a sponsor, but this kind of behaviour cannot be somehow made > ‘ok’ by adding a smiley face. It is unpleasant and abusive behaviour. > > Please remember that you are asking *volunteers* to do work for you *for > free*. Patience is the key here. My recommendation is to move on for > now; you have posted your ITP, you have invited sponsors, you have done > your thing. Now in my experience, a few months can go by until someone > finds the time, and wants to spend the time to sponsor your package. > > No offence; this is only my perspective as someone who relies regularly > on sponsorship by the generous Debian mentors. -- Soren Stoutner soren@stoutner.com
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