Re: Sponsor vs. Developer Process?

2003-07-29 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Rene Engelhard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-07-29 01:31]: > > > You won't be approved with no package in the archive. > > > > bullshit > > It _is_ so. > Definitely. If you want to join Debian as a package maintainer, there is clearly no good reason for not having a package in the archive. Only t

Re: Sponsor vs. Developer Process?

2003-07-29 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Rene Engelhard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-07-29 01:31]: > > > You won't be approved with no package in the archive. > > > > bullshit > > It _is_ so. > Definitely. If you want to join Debian as a package maintainer, there is clearly no good reason for not having a package in the archive. Only t

Re: Sponsor vs. Developer Process?

2003-07-28 Thread Joe Wreschnig
On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 18:31, Rene Engelhard wrote: > It _is_ so. > Definitely. I was approved 7 months ago, with no package in the archive. This is clearly *not* exclusively the case. -- Joe Wreschnig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Sponsor vs. Developer Process?

2003-07-28 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Matthew Palmer wrote: > On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 11:22:20PM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: > > You won't be approved with no package in the archive. > > bullshit > > Unless things have changed in the 18 months or so I've been a DD. I had no > packages sponsored or otherwise in the archive for

Re: Sponsor vs. Developer Process?

2003-07-28 Thread Adam Kessel
Thanks for your response-- On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 08:47:46AM +1000, Craig Small wrote: > > So I applied to become a DD, got my key signed and my application > > verified, and now I am waiting for an AM assignment. > Make sure you've done your homework. The key is signed, good! Is > the package l

Re: Sponsor vs. Developer Process?

2003-07-28 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 11:22:20PM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: > You won't be approved with no package in the archive. bullshit Unless things have changed in the 18 months or so I've been a DD. I had no packages sponsored or otherwise in the archive for about the first month or so after I got m

Re: Sponsor vs. Developer Process?

2003-07-28 Thread Craig Small
On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 11:22:20PM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: > > You won't be approved with no package in the archive. I don't think it is as clear-cut as that, but its probably a good way to think of it. Probably a better way of looking at it is if you don't have a package in the archive, yo

Re: Sponsor vs. Developer Process?

2003-07-28 Thread Craig Small
On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 04:20:33PM -0400, Adam Kessel wrote: > I filed an ITP on salonify, bug #201878. Salonify is an image gallery > program. One developer on debian-devel complained that there were perhaps > already too many image gallery programs in Debian, but, as several other > people mentio

Re: Sponsor vs. Developer Process?

2003-07-28 Thread Joe Wreschnig
On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 18:31, Rene Engelhard wrote: > It _is_ so. > Definitely. I was approved 7 months ago, with no package in the archive. This is clearly *not* exclusively the case. -- Joe Wreschnig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Sponsor vs. Developer Process?

2003-07-28 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Matthew Palmer wrote: > On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 11:22:20PM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: > > You won't be approved with no package in the archive. > > bullshit > > Unless things have changed in the 18 months or so I've been a DD. I had no > packages sponsored or otherwise in the archive for

Re: Sponsor vs. Developer Process?

2003-07-28 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Adam Kessel wrote: > I am wondering if it makes sense to try to find a sponsor to upload my > package now, or wait to go through the entire DD process before trying to > include salonify in Debian, or if it really matters which way I go? I yes. You won't be approved with no package in the a

Re: Sponsor vs. Developer Process?

2003-07-28 Thread Adam Kessel
Thanks for your response-- On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 08:47:46AM +1000, Craig Small wrote: > > So I applied to become a DD, got my key signed and my application > > verified, and now I am waiting for an AM assignment. > Make sure you've done your homework. The key is signed, good! Is > the package l

Re: Sponsor vs. Developer Process?

2003-07-28 Thread Laurent Fousse
Hi, Le Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 04:20:33PM -0400, Adam Kessel écrivait: > I am wondering if it makes sense to try to find a sponsor to upload my > package now, or wait to go through the entire DD process before trying to > include salonify in Debian, or if it really matters which way I go? I > unders

Re: Sponsor vs. Developer Process?

2003-07-28 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 11:22:20PM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: > You won't be approved with no package in the archive. bullshit Unless things have changed in the 18 months or so I've been a DD. I had no packages sponsored or otherwise in the archive for about the first month or so after I got m

Re: Sponsor vs. Developer Process?

2003-07-28 Thread Craig Small
On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 11:22:20PM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: > > You won't be approved with no package in the archive. I don't think it is as clear-cut as that, but its probably a good way to think of it. Probably a better way of looking at it is if you don't have a package in the archive, yo

Re: Sponsor vs. Developer Process?

2003-07-28 Thread Craig Small
On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 04:20:33PM -0400, Adam Kessel wrote: > I filed an ITP on salonify, bug #201878. Salonify is an image gallery > program. One developer on debian-devel complained that there were perhaps > already too many image gallery programs in Debian, but, as several other > people mentio

Re: Sponsor vs. Developer Process?

2003-07-28 Thread Joe Wreschnig
On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 15:20, Adam Kessel wrote: > I am wondering if it makes sense to try to find a sponsor to upload my > package now, or wait to go through the entire DD process before trying to > include salonify in Debian, or if it really matters which way I go? I > understand it can take many

Sponsor vs. Developer Process?

2003-07-28 Thread Adam Kessel
I'm a little confused about the timeline of the sponsor vs. developer process. I have read the relevant documents at debian.org/devel. I filed an ITP on salonify, bug #201878. Salonify is an image gallery program. One developer on debian-devel complained that there were perhaps already too

Re: Sponsor vs. Developer Process?

2003-07-28 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Adam Kessel wrote: > I am wondering if it makes sense to try to find a sponsor to upload my > package now, or wait to go through the entire DD process before trying to > include salonify in Debian, or if it really matters which way I go? I yes. You won't be approved with no package in the a

Re: Sponsor vs. Developer Process?

2003-07-28 Thread Laurent Fousse
Hi, Le Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 04:20:33PM -0400, Adam Kessel écrivait: > I am wondering if it makes sense to try to find a sponsor to upload my > package now, or wait to go through the entire DD process before trying to > include salonify in Debian, or if it really matters which way I go? I > unders

Re: Sponsor vs. Developer Process?

2003-07-28 Thread Joe Wreschnig
On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 15:20, Adam Kessel wrote: > I am wondering if it makes sense to try to find a sponsor to upload my > package now, or wait to go through the entire DD process before trying to > include salonify in Debian, or if it really matters which way I go? I > understand it can take many

Sponsor vs. Developer Process?

2003-07-28 Thread Adam Kessel
I'm a little confused about the timeline of the sponsor vs. developer process. I have read the relevant documents at debian.org/devel. I filed an ITP on salonify, bug #201878. Salonify is an image gallery program. One developer on debian-devel complained that there were perhaps already too