On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:09:04 +0100, Willem van den Akker<[email protected]> wrote:
>Hi, > >I have 2 packages for which I request sponsoring. >http://mentors.debian.net/package/jabberd2 Bug #698547 >http://mentors.debian.net/package/jabber-muc Bug #698548 > >But until now nobody seemed to be interested in sponsoring them. >I got messages .... not familiar with these packages or something like >that. > >In the past I had some other packages and also had problems to get a >sponsor. > >Why is it so hard to get a sponsor? > If I am reading your (big) changelogs correctly, you are (amongst other things) switching patch-system to quilt, and package new upstream versions - This is a big no-no for the release team during the freeze (see [1]) which we have had since June [2]. This might lower the chances of getting a DD to sponsor your packages during the freeze. [1] http://release.debian.org/wheezy/freeze_policy.html [2] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2012/06/msg00009.html -- Andreas Rönnquist [email protected] [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
