Re: Advocate/Sponsor

2001-06-29 Thread Danie Roux
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 10:48:53AM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > Danie, > > On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Danie Roux wrote: > > > I would love to have an advocate. Being in Pretoria, South Africa that's not > > going to be easy though. > > A developer does not have to be physically proximate to you to b

Re: Advocate/Sponsor

2001-06-29 Thread Danie Roux
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 10:48:53AM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > Danie, > > On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Danie Roux wrote: > > > I would love to have an advocate. Being in Pretoria, South Africa that's not > > going to be easy though. > > A developer does not have to be physically proximate to you to

Re: Advocate/Sponsor

2001-06-28 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Samuel Tardieu wrote: > On 28/06, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > | * Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20010628 16:53]: > | > Does the GPG key need to be signed or does it just need to exist? I > | > had been under the impression that other forms of identification > | > were still p

Re: Advocate/Sponsor

2001-06-28 Thread Samuel Tardieu
On 28/06, Martin Michlmayr wrote: | * Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20010628 16:53]: | > Does the GPG key need to be signed or does it just need to exist? I | > had been under the impression that other forms of identification | > were still possible, though severely discouraged. | | Yeah, those

Re: Advocate/Sponsor

2001-06-28 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20010628 16:53]: > Does the GPG key need to be signed or does it just need to exist? I > had been under the impression that other forms of identification > were still possible, though severely discouraged. Yeah, those forms still exist. The web site even says

Re: Advocate/Sponsor

2001-06-28 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Duncan Findlay wrote: > I think that now an advocate is needed to simply say that they agree with > your application, and be a mentor of sorts. > After an advocate is found, an application manager is assigned. > I don't think that there is any requirement for an actual physi

Re: Advocate/Sponsor

2001-06-28 Thread Duncan Findlay
I think that now an advocate is needed to simply say that they agree with your application, and be a mentor of sorts. After an advocate is found, an application manager is assigned. I don't think that there is any requirement for an actual physical meeting. Photo ID appears to be acceptible. > >

Re: Advocate/Sponsor

2001-06-28 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Samuel Tardieu wrote: > On 28/06, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > | * Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20010628 16:53]: > | > Does the GPG key need to be signed or does it just need to exist? I > | > had been under the impression that other forms of identification > | > were still

Re: Advocate/Sponsor

2001-06-28 Thread Mark Brown
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 09:31:54AM -0500, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > You need a signed gpg key, but not an advocate when you apply -- the > message currently printed is not clear, though. I have fixed that > now. (It should have said that you needed a GPG signd key.) Does the GPG key need to be

Re: Advocate/Sponsor

2001-06-28 Thread Steve Langasek
Danie, On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Danie Roux wrote: > I would love to have an advocate. Being in Pretoria, South Africa that's not > going to be easy though. A developer does not have to be physically proximate to you to be your advocate; in fact, it doesn't have to be your advocate who signs your key

Re: Advocate/Sponsor

2001-06-28 Thread Samuel Tardieu
On 28/06, Martin Michlmayr wrote: | * Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20010628 16:53]: | > Does the GPG key need to be signed or does it just need to exist? I | > had been under the impression that other forms of identification | > were still possible, though severely discouraged. | | Yeah, thos

Re: Advocate/Sponsor

2001-06-28 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20010628 16:53]: > Does the GPG key need to be signed or does it just need to exist? I > had been under the impression that other forms of identification > were still possible, though severely discouraged. Yeah, those forms still exist. The web site even says

Re: Advocate/Sponsor

2001-06-28 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Duncan Findlay wrote: > I think that now an advocate is needed to simply say that they agree with > your application, and be a mentor of sorts. > After an advocate is found, an application manager is assigned. > I don't think that there is any requirement for an actual phys

Re: Advocate/Sponsor

2001-06-28 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Mikael Andersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010628 14:29]: > I have a question about that. I filled in the webform on > http://nm.debian.org/newnm.php last week, checked every botton except > the gpg key and if I have an advocate. > The webform warned about that I haven't got my key signed etc. > Shou

Re: Advocate/Sponsor

2001-06-28 Thread Duncan Findlay
I think that now an advocate is needed to simply say that they agree with your application, and be a mentor of sorts. After an advocate is found, an application manager is assigned. I don't think that there is any requirement for an actual physical meeting. Photo ID appears to be acceptible. >

Re: Advocate/Sponsor

2001-06-28 Thread Mark Brown
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 09:31:54AM -0500, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > You need a signed gpg key, but not an advocate when you apply -- the > message currently printed is not clear, though. I have fixed that > now. (It should have said that you needed a GPG signd key.) Does the GPG key need to be

Re: Advocate/Sponsor

2001-06-28 Thread Steve Langasek
Danie, On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Danie Roux wrote: > I would love to have an advocate. Being in Pretoria, South Africa that's not > going to be easy though. A developer does not have to be physically proximate to you to be your advocate; in fact, it doesn't have to be your advocate who signs your ke

Re: Advocate/Sponsor

2001-06-28 Thread Mikael Andersson
Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Do you mean an advocate? When you submit your appliance to join debian, > an advocate geographically near will contact you for meeting. You need to > meet him/her to prove your identity so debian allows you to join the > community. see http://nm.debian.o

Re: Re: Advocate/Sponsor

2001-06-28 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:53:55 +0200, Danie Roux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would love to have an advocate. Being in Pretoria, South Africa that's not > going to be easy though. > > For now I want a sponsor to get garchiver in to Debian. sorry i got confused... i'm currently appliing to becom

Re: Advocate/Sponsor

2001-06-28 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Mikael Andersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010628 14:29]: > I have a question about that. I filled in the webform on > http://nm.debian.org/newnm.php last week, checked every botton except > the gpg key and if I have an advocate. > The webform warned about that I haven't got my key signed etc. > Sho

Re: Advocate/Sponsor

2001-06-28 Thread Danie Roux
I would love to have an advocate. Being in Pretoria, South Africa that's not going to be easy though. For now I want a sponsor to get garchiver in to Debian. On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 01:38:36PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > Do you mean an advocate? When you submit your appliance to join debian,

Re: Advocate/Sponsor

2001-06-28 Thread Robert Millan
Do you mean an advocate? When you submit your appliance to join debian, an advocate geographically near will contact you for meeting. You need to meet him/her to prove your identity so debian allows you to join the community. see http://nm.debian.org/ for more info. -- Robert Millan

Re: Advocate/Sponsor

2001-06-28 Thread Mikael Andersson
Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Do you mean an advocate? When you submit your appliance to join debian, > an advocate geographically near will contact you for meeting. You need to > meet him/her to prove your identity so debian allows you to join the > community. see http://nm.debian.

Re: Re: Advocate/Sponsor

2001-06-28 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:53:55 +0200, Danie Roux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would love to have an advocate. Being in Pretoria, South Africa that's not > going to be easy though. > > For now I want a sponsor to get garchiver in to Debian. sorry i got confused... i'm currently appliing to beco

Re: Advocate/Sponsor

2001-06-28 Thread Danie Roux
I would love to have an advocate. Being in Pretoria, South Africa that's not going to be easy though. For now I want a sponsor to get garchiver in to Debian. On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 01:38:36PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > Do you mean an advocate? When you submit your appliance to join debian

Re: Advocate/Sponsor

2001-06-28 Thread Robert Millan
Do you mean an advocate? When you submit your appliance to join debian, an advocate geographically near will contact you for meeting. You need to meet him/her to prove your identity so debian allows you to join the community. see http://nm.debian.org/ for more info. -- Robert Millan