On 06-Jul-2001 Neil Conway wrote: > On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 11:28:50PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: >> New maintainer is more concerned with the fact that you actually have work >> ready when you apply. So if you have a package ready for submission and >> peer >> review, submit an application. > > Really? The entry form at the NM corner has this scary warning: > > -> > PLEASE NOTE: If you are unable to answer Yes to all of the questions > asked, you are not yet ready to apply to the New Maintainer process. If > you answer "yes" anyway, your AM may choose to send you back to the > sponsorship system or to put your application on hold for three months > until you are ready. > <- > > So which is it? I've already created the packages I'm going to maintain, > but I don't have my GPG key signed yet, nor do I have an advocate. > What's the next step? > > Thanks for clearing up my confusion. >
seems the text has changed since I was last involved with NM. Follow the NM pages. I think there are ways around the signed key (you have to have a key though).
