On Tue, 31 Jul 2007, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > So, how do you propose to evaluate people? Though evaluation is > necessary, isn't it tough for people who don't really have a "FOSS > contributor" background?
The skill level that the sponsor requires is really up to the sponsor. The important point is that the sponsor needs to be aware of the skill level of the maintainer, and needs to gauge whether they are comfortable with sponsoring that particular package from a maintainer with that particular skill level. As far as the actual evaluation goes, that's really up to the sponsor. I personally either already have observed the maintainer, or I ask questions during the sponsorship process that give me a rough idea of what's going on. The point isn't really to exclude prospective maintainers, but to make sure that the sponsor has a rough idea of how much time and effort it's going to take to help the maintainer keep the package in a state that's appropriate for Debian, and only sponsor packages where they can actually expend that time and effort. Don Armstrong -- Democracy is more dangerous than fire. Fire can't vote itself immune to water. -- Michael Z. Williamson http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
