Soren Stoutner <so...@debian.org> writes: > [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]] > After reading a number of comments to the email below, I thought I would > provide a bit of context for this email and Phil’s excellent work on Mentors. > > Recently Phil has taken it upon himself to triage every package that requests > sponsorship on mentors.debian.net. Here is an example of the work he does: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2024/07/msg00032.html > > When he feels a package is ready for sponsorship, he indicates that with an > email to the list. > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2024/07/msg00024.html > > In some cases, nobody picks these up. The email below was sent to debian- > devel with a curated list of packages that Phil has already reviewed and > feels > are ready for a DD to sponsor. > > At any point, anyone can look at all of the packages on Mentors requesting a > sponsor. > > https://mentors.debian.net/ > > But I have found Phil’s work to be very helpful, as I have limited time to > handle sponsorships. When I look at a package Phil has endorsed, I can be > sure that the simple and obvious things have already been taken care of. > > I would heartily hope that Phil continues to send periodic emails to debian- > devel with lists of packages that he considers ready, but that are > languishing > on the vine because nobody has noticed them. I would also encourage anyone > else to get involved in this process if they feel so inclined. I think that > one of the most important aspects of attracting people to Debian is to make > it > easy for someone who is not yet a DD or DM to submit packages and have them > be > reviewed promptly. There is probably nothing as demotivating to a first-time > contributor as putting a lot of effort into a package, having it be in good > shape, and then never having it be sponsored simply because it didn’t get > noticed. > > Soren > > P.S. Based on Phil’s work on Mentors and my interactions with him, I have > advocated for him to become a Debian Developer, uploading. I think his > contributions to Debian will be even more impactful when he can sponsor the > packages he feels are ready. > > https://nm.debian.org/process/1305/ > > On Saturday, July 6, 2024 6:45:33 AM MST Phil Wyett wrote: >> Hi all DD's >> >> Debian Mentors[1] always struggles to find available Debian Developers for >> final reviewing and sponsoring of packages submitted too our part of the >> project. >> >> We believe some packages are ready or very close to the quality for >> sponsorship and we would request any DD who has the time and is willing, to >> have a look at one or more of the packages below and possibly sponsor them >> into Debian. >> >> Mentors page: >> https://mentors.debian.net/package/hexwalk/ >> Request For Sponsorship (RFS): >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1065008 >> >> Mentors page: >> https://mentors.debian.net/package/uriparser/ >> Request For Sponsorship (RFS): >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1074542 >> >> Mentors page: >> https://mentors.debian.net/package/mailgraph/ >> Request For Sponsorship (RFS): >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1074552 >> >> Mentors page: >> https://mentors.debian.net/package/dmidecode/ >> Request For Sponsorship (RFS): >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1074553 >> >> Mentor page: >> https://mentors.debian.net/package/selint/ >> Request For Sponsorship (RFS): >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1074592 >> >> Your assistance will be extremely appreciated and if announcing a few at a >> time on the 'devel' list works, this could become a weekly thing. >> >> [1] https://mentors.debian.net >> >> Regards >> >> Phil
As one of those who received help from Phil who kindly helped review my packages and finding potential sponsors, I want to take this opportunity to thank Phil again for his kind works and Gianfranco for sponsoring many of my packages. With that said, I want to echo Soren's word that I believe what Phil and Gianfranco has been doing is greatly helpful for new and potential Debian Maintainers, and it would be great that this process can have more people involved and get improved to make the review and sponsor process smoother. -- Xiyue Deng
