On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 11:10:42AM +0200, Steffen Moeller wrote: > With > a year waiting time to become a developer, the maintainer of a > package is likely to ask several times for sponsored uploads of new upstream > version of his/her same package(s). Comments on the first packaging of some > software are most helpful and - analogous to kernel patches - I am > likely to continue asking my peers for comments prior to upload once I > am accepted. With quite some packages in Debian already, though, the > number of new upstream versions to go through a sponsoring becomes a > burden. Maybe more importantly, the extra efforts annoy the sponsors, > that do not even have a say in the NM process beyond initial advocation. > > My way around this is to delay uploads whenever possible. Newer versions > do not make it to my sponsors unless somebody complains or I find the > upstream change of particular importance. Little changes to the packages I > will not do untill I am accepted. I do not need a full account, really. I > do not even need to do NMUs or the upload of novel packages. > > Since my response time to requests particularly in the BTS is something > the DAM evaluates for my acceptance, my behaviour may be a bit > counterproductive. It should not be too bad, though.
I try to only ask my sponsor for an upload with every new upstream version or very evil bugs(only once, touch wood), everything else waits. I do hope that "knowing when to bother a busy sponsor" is a quality looked for in potential DDs. -- Brian Sutherland It's 10 minutes, 5 if you walk fast. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
