On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 11:31:42AM +0100, Francesco Lovergine wrote: > > This is my proposal for an additional subsection in Debian Developers > Reference Manual. It's not SGML clean probably, and feel free to > modify english and formats.
Hi, Francesco, Thanks for taking the initiative. I think it is good that you laid out the two different approaches to sponsoring. However, the main reason for changing the maintainer field to "<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" has just been eliminated. Now the sponsor can simply subscribe to listen to all mail sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2002/debian-devel-announce-200201/msg00011.html Given that, I propose to simplify the text and just mention one option. Here's my kick at the cat. [Hope you'll forgive the lack of sgml markup.] I got the material from Francesco's text and the threads starting at http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2001/debian-devel-200107/msg01172.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2002/debian-devel-200201/msg00633.html Uploading Sponsored Packages ---------------------------- By uploading a sponsored package to Debian, you are certifying that the package meets minimum Debian standards. That implies that you must build and test the package on your own system before uploading. You can not simply upload a binary .deb from the sponsoree. In fact, you should not even accept a binary .deb file! Rather, you should ask only for the diff file, and the location of the original source. Download the source and apply the diff yourself. Do not be afraid to write the sponsoree back and point out changes that need to be made. It often takes several rounds of back-and-forth email before the package is in acceptable shape. Being a sponsor means being a mentor. Once the package meets Debian standards, build the package and sign it with your key. Run <tt>dpkg-buildpackage</tt> with the option <tt>-e [EMAIL PROTECTED]</tt> to specify the key with which to sign the package. The Maintainer field of the control file should list the person who did the packaging, i.e. the sponsoree. The sponsoree will therefore get all the BTS mail about the package. You are encouraged to keep tabs on the package you sponsor using the Package Tracking System. Subscribe to the package by sending mail to <email>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</email> with subscribe <sourcepackage> thanks in the body. See [fill in section] for more details about the PTS. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Comments? -Steve P.S. If this gets into the reference manual before a description of the PTS, then you could simply reference the PTS announcement URL I gave above. -- by Rocket to the Moon, by Airplane to the Rocket, by Taxi to the Airport, by Frontdoor to the Taxi, by throwing back the blanket and laying down the legs ... - They Might Be Giants
