On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 13:28:13 +1000 (EST) Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Apr 2003, Fielder George Dowding wrote: > > > Greetings. I am interested in becoming a member of the Debian > > Distribution by adopting the Defoma package as the maintainer. > > > > I have spent several days reading the documents on > > www.debian.org/devel/ as well as /join/ but it appears to me to > > be a"Catch 22" condition. Therefore, I am making this initial > > contact. > > > > Please request a sponsor contact me. > > Do you have anything which you've actually done already to the > package? Bugs fixed, features added, etc, which you can show to a > potential sponsor? The way sponsorship usually works is you say > "here is my package, can someone upload it for me?". Someone with > an interest in seeing that package in the archive will upload it > for you. From there you might always go to that person for > sponsorship. > > If you have updates to defoma, please, share with us the fruits of > your labours. Give a URL (or at least offer to e-mail to > interested parties). If you haven't done any changes yet, your > chances of finding someone who will say "yes, I'll sponsor you" > now are slim (although, for an infrastructure package like defoma, > you might). > > And if you aren't already subscribed to d-mentors for discussion > purposes, I suggest you do so. It'll be an educational > experience. > > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ------#include <disclaimer.h> > Matthew Palmer, Geek In Residence > http://ieee.uow.edu.au/~mjp16 > Thank you Matthew for your prompt and courteous reply. I will sign up for the d-mentors list. I will lurk until I understand what my next step is. Cheerio! fgd. -- Fielder George Dowding, Chief Iceworm dba Iceworm Enterprises, Anchorage, Alaska Since 1976 - Over 25 Years of Service.
