Bug#288379: Sponsoring
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On 06-01-2005 16:47, Jörg Jaspert wrote:
>>I will not sponsor you in the typical way, where you are tagged as the
>>maintainer of the package (I believe that praxis to be broken: you do
>>not have access to all developer tools, and our structures do not
>>support getting hold of you in case of problems). Instead, I will adopt
>>the package and work with you on the packaging, and when you are a
>>developer and I (most probably) still feel confident that you are
>>capable of maintaining it properly, I will hand the maintainership over
>>to you.
>>Does that sound fair to you?
>
>
> To me that does sound like a real broken sponsoring and like a ego-trip
> (package-count). Sorry, but there is not much Ian needs for his package
> maintainership that he cant access right now. I cant think of anything
> he would need.
> A proper sponsoring isnt visible anywhere in the package, except maybe a
> "Thanks to my sponsor" entry in changelog AND the signature of the
> .dsc/.changes file.
> One can also list the sponsor as an Uploader, but thats one step more and
> up to the sponsor.
Feel free to sponsor Ian the "normal" way instead. I won't be in your
way of doing so.
I take on a responsibility and do it the way I feel confident and
comfortable about it.
> Sorry, just want to write my opinion here.
Fair enough. Maybe the -project mailinglist was a better place for
eventual further discussion, though.
- Jonas
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