> > As long as my sponsors don't mind uploading the packages and I can use > > aloith to cooperate with others, I don't feel the need anymore to > > continue and try again for full DD; though I'm sure I would have > > contributed more (a number of packages never found a sponsor, so I > > dropped them). > > Sorry, but this doesn't sound very efficient to me.
No, it is not :(
The problem is that, next to the packaging effort, the learning curve,
one moves on with your live and work.
One example:
At some point I needed a number of perl packages that did syntax
highlighting and that were not available in Debian (yet). Since I don't
want to install anything on my machine that is not packages, I packaged
the Perl packages for Debian and used them.
I asked several times (IIRC) for a sponsor (since my sponsor for other
packages didn't have much Perl expertise); but since it was a developer
package, I assume the interest was pretty low.
When I got another assignment, I didn't need those packages anymore and
combined with the little interest, I dropped them (the packages that did
make it in Debian, I continue to maintain obviously). There are a number
of other examples too.
My experience is that, if your work is not intended for end-users,
you'll have a hard job finding sponsors, and continuing the DD process.
--
greetz, marc
I feel like I had a spiritual enema.
Jool - Losing Time
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