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

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 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: Bugs by severity

2002-02-16 Thread David B Harris
On Fri, 15 Feb 2002 22:42:30 -0600 Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I find it handy when deciding what to work on, as (a) there's a > different mindset involved when fixing critical/grave bugs than when > fixing serious bugs, and (b) it's ordered by bug number while the > usual lists are o