Re: modifications by sponsors

2012-07-31 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Bart Martens , 2012-07-11, 11:34: I have the following questions about sponsorship. I would like to welcome answers from sponsors and from people maintaining packages via sponsorship. Is it OK that a sponsor adds modifications to a sponsored package ? Sometimes. Adding DMUA comes to mind…

Re: modifications by sponsors

2012-07-13 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 5:34 AM, Bart Martens wrote: > Is it OK that a sponsor adds modifications to a sponsored package ? I have done this in the past for small things. I think this is ok as long as these are small issues and they are reported to the maintainer. > Is it OK that a sponsor adds h

Re: modifications by sponsors

2012-07-12 Thread Elena ``of Valhalla''
On 2012-07-11 at 11:34:20 +, Bart Martens wrote: > I have the following questions about sponsorship. I would like to welcome > answers from sponsors and from people maintaining packages via sponsorship. As somebody who has just started maintaining via sponsorship. > Is it OK that a sponsor a

Re: modifications by sponsors

2012-07-12 Thread Nikolai Lusan
Salutations, On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 11:34 +, Bart Martens wrote: > I have the following questions about sponsorship. I would like to welcome > answers from sponsors and from people maintaining packages via sponsorship. > Is it OK that a sponsor adds modifications to a sponsored package ? As

Re: modifications by sponsors

2012-07-11 Thread Russ Allbery
Andrew Starr-Bochicchio writes: > Personally, I feel that when adding a new package to the archive it can > actually be very useful to make the contributor jump through all the > hoops so they understand the level of responsibly involved with becoming > a package maintainer. If you're sponsoring

Re: modifications by sponsors

2012-07-11 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Andrew Starr-Bochicchio wrote: > On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Arno Töll wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On 11.07.2012 13:34, Bart Martens wrote: >>> Is it OK that a sponsor adds modifications to a sponsored package ? >> >> I see it regularly that sponsors do little modific

Re: modifications by sponsors

2012-07-11 Thread Andrew Starr-Bochicchio
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Arno Töll wrote: > Hi, > > On 11.07.2012 13:34, Bart Martens wrote: >> Is it OK that a sponsor adds modifications to a sponsored package ? > > I see it regularly that sponsors do little modifications of packages > before uploading them. They may fix spelling errors

Re: modifications by sponsors

2012-07-11 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
Hi, On 2012-07-11 11:34, Bart Martens wrote: > I have the following questions about sponsorship. I would like to welcome > answers from sponsors and from people maintaining packages via sponsorship. > > Is it OK that a sponsor adds modifications to a sponsored package ? > > Is it OK that a spon

Re: modifications by sponsors

2012-07-11 Thread Gergely Nagy
Bart Martens writes: > Is it OK that a sponsor adds modifications to a sponsored package ? Under certain conditions, it can be ok. An OK from the sponsoree is one such condition. > Is it OK that a sponsor adds him/herself to "Uploaders" ? Again, with the sponsoree's agreement, and if the spons

Re: modifications by sponsors

2012-07-11 Thread Arno Töll
Hi, On 11.07.2012 13:34, Bart Martens wrote: > Is it OK that a sponsor adds modifications to a sponsored package ? I see it regularly that sponsors do little modifications of packages before uploading them. They may fix spelling errors, fix formatting, do cosmetic fixes and so on before uploading

Re: modifications by sponsors

2012-07-11 Thread Patrick Matthäi
Am 11.07.2012 13:34, schrieb Bart Martens: Hello debian-mentors, I have the following questions about sponsorship. I would like to welcome answers from sponsors and from people maintaining packages via sponsorship. Is it OK that a sponsor adds modifications to a sponsored package ? Sometimes