> I can't speak for other developers but personally I'd be reluctant to > sponsor a package I had no personal interest in.
I can understand this, but this creates a problem for a number of packages. One of my packages is 'yepp', which loads mp3's on a Samsung Yepp player. If it weren't for my current sponsor, who started sponsering me for another package, it would be impossible to upload such a package, since I assume only a small number of ppl have such a player (?), only a small number of those use GNU/Linux and only a part of those use GNU/Debian. I had this package ready (not taking into account the remarks of my sponsor) in a basic form for over a year before I got it uploaded (I actually gave up on it). Obviously not having gone through the entire Debian Maintainer process, I wonder how much effort it takes for an experienced developer to check such a trivial package (if you will, compare it with the Pro-Deo system barristers have). Let's face it, most packages that get posted in -mentors are not that complex. Perhaps one should consider that being a DD, should require more involvement than uploading and maintaining packages (I realise that I am going to enrage the non-trivial package maintainers here, but I assume that group is relatively small). -- greetz, marc Key fingerprint = 890C E47F 1589 F240 9CC8 C60C 510A 63D3 D356 2DE1 Linux scorpius 2.4.20-xfs-v4l2 #2 Sat Mar 8 19:17:24 CET 2003 GNU/Linux
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