Hi! I noticed that recently some people seem to seek first time sponsors while asking for setting the "DM-Upload-Allowed: yes" flag at the very same time.
While I can certainly understand Maintainers want to upload their packages ASAP themselves, I would like to point out that I consider that quite against the spirit of the Debian Maintainer Concept. The idea is, that you convince an (experienced) Developer, that you can do your work on your own on a per package basis. As Debian Maintainers don't need to pass the regular procedures to check their "technical capabilities" (so to speak), the idea is to select the packages you are allowed to upload on a case by case basis. Or to give you an example: Just because you can package simple game doesn't necessarily mean you can package and maintain a shared library. So I think asking for DMUA:Yes while seeking an initial sponsor is just plain wrong, as convincing a DD shouldn't be a one timer. I therefore ask DMs not to ask to set this flag on the first upload, and DDs not to do so. Best regards, Alexander -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c165527.20...@debian.org
