Re: Really no sponsor out there?
On Wed, Dec 29, 1999 at 05:02:21AM +0800, Brian Almeida wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 28, 1999 at 09:36:44AM +0100, Stefan Hornburg wrote:
> > That is understandable, but how one becomes Debian maintainer from
> > scratch ? This is the cause why Dennis and I need a sponsor.
> > We developing this software and Dennis will maintain the Debian
> > packages.
> When I joined Debian about a year and a half ago, you didn't need
> to be sponsored. The only reason sponsors are so popular right
> now is because since new-maintainer is closed, it is the only
> way for you to get your package into debian. Once it reopens,
> there shouldn't be any issues.
Presumably, when it reopens, there will still be sponsors, but it will be
more official, and a direct part of the process. Atleast this is what I
gathered from Wichert's proposed new-maintainer process.
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