(one more attempt at an) RFS: sugarplum

2003-03-07 Thread sean finney
hey -mentors, about a month ago i posted a request for sponsorship for a package i was working on. i haven't had any offers for sponsorship from folks other than my advocate, and i was hoping to reach out a bit with this. any takers? you can get it from: deb http://cs.swarthmore.edu/~finney /d

Re: RFC: Merging sponsoring system with wnpp

2003-03-07 Thread Graham Wilson
On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 10:03:14PM +0100, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > Joe Nahmias wrote: > > What if we add a new type to the wnpp package 'RFS' = Ready/Request > > For Sponsorship? > > Comments? > > AFAIK, the set of RFS is not a subset of previous ITP. They also > include ITA in this case, the ITA

Re: RFC: Merging sponsoring system with wnpp

2003-03-07 Thread Graham Wilson
On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 10:03:14PM +0100, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > Joe Nahmias wrote: > > What if we add a new type to the wnpp package 'RFS' = Ready/Request > > For Sponsorship? > > Comments? > > AFAIK, the set of RFS is not a subset of previous ITP. They also > include ITA in this case, the ITA

Re: RFC: Merging sponsoring system with wnpp

2003-03-07 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Joe Nahmias wrote: > What if we add a new type to the wnpp package 'RFS' = Ready/Request > For Sponsorship? > Comments? AFAIK, the set of RFS is not a subset of previous ITP. They also include ITA and possibly RF-yet-another-S for packages already in the archive in case a previous sponsor lacks tim

Re: RFC: Merging sponsoring system with wnpp

2003-03-07 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Joe Nahmias wrote: > What if we add a new type to the wnpp package 'RFS' = Ready/Request > For Sponsorship? > Comments? AFAIK, the set of RFS is not a subset of previous ITP. They also include ITA and possibly RF-yet-another-S for packages already in the archive in case a previous sponsor lacks tim

RFC: Merging sponsoring system with wnpp

2003-03-07 Thread Joe Nahmias
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Debian, I just had a brainstorm about the sponsorship process that I wanted to share for comment. What if we add a new type to the wnpp package 'RFS' = Ready/Request For Sponsorship? This way, when a non-DD is finished their packaging, you jus

RFC: Merging sponsoring system with wnpp

2003-03-07 Thread Joe Nahmias
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Debian, I just had a brainstorm about the sponsorship process that I wanted to share for comment. What if we add a new type to the wnpp package 'RFS' = Ready/Request For Sponsorship? This way, when a non-DD is finished their packaging, you jus