Re: Adopting packages.

2002-01-27 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* David B Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20020127 16:54]: > *cough* any volounteers? *cough* ;) Wrong list, try debian-mentors. -- Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Adopting packages.

2002-01-27 Thread Martin Schulze
David B Harris wrote: > Hey ho :) I'm currently in the NM queue, waiting for my key to be > signed. It'll be a while, I believe, before I get it signed. It just > happens to be that I've moved to within a stone's throw of where my AM > works, though it's still across a border. :) > > Anyways, I wa

Re: Adopting packages.

2002-01-27 Thread David B Harris
On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 15:39:35 -0600 Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think people should view it as a long-term solution, but with > a good sponsor it's fine in the short term. It also helps with the > new-maintainer process, since you can demonstrate that you're > competent at hand

Re: Adopting packages.

2002-01-27 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 11:11:07AM -0500, David B Harris wrote: > Hey ho :) I'm currently in the NM queue, waiting for my key to be > signed. It'll be a while, I believe, before I get it signed. It just > happens to be that I've moved to within a stone's throw of where my AM > works, though it's st

Re: Adopting packages.

2002-01-27 Thread David B Harris
On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 18:02:20 + Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is what sponsorship is - it's become fairly normal. Really. Nuts. So it's normal? Still doesn't seem like a particularily good idea. -- .--=-=-=-=--=---=-=-=. /David Barcl

Re: Adopting packages.

2002-01-27 Thread Mark Brown
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 11:11:07AM -0500, David B Harris wrote: > Anyways, I was wondering what the QA group thinks about people > maintaining packages who arn't capable of uploading on their own. This is what sponsorship is - it's become fairly normal. -- "You grabbed my hand and we fell into

Adopting packages.

2002-01-27 Thread David B Harris
Hey ho :) I'm currently in the NM queue, waiting for my key to be signed. It'll be a while, I believe, before I get it signed. It just happens to be that I've moved to within a stone's throw of where my AM works, though it's still across a border. :) Anyways, I was wondering what the QA group thin