Doesn't look to me like anything needs to be done -- the way I understand the dialog, adoption appears enough to be enough to get the package into Debian. Sponsorship would only be required to make Floris a Debian developer, which isn't necessary; he can just send package updates to Jonas.
On Apr 3, 2005 4:07 AM, Arthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Floris Bruynooghe has created a VPython Debian distribution and is in > process of attempting to have it accepted as "official" Debian package. > > Not being familiar with the process I am having trouble following the > dialogue - "sponsorship" vs. "adoption", etc. > > Obviously I would like to see Floris successful. This would, for example, > make is possible to see VPython available in the ubuntu "universe" of > packages. A very good thing, IMO. > > Can anyone here help sort this out? > > Art > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jonas Smedegaard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 5:33 AM > To: Floris Bruynooghe > Cc: debian-edu@lists.debian.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: RFS: python-visual - VPython 3D scientific visualization > library > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 02-04-2005 18:14, Floris Bruynooghe wrote: > > > I have been packaging VPython for some time now and would like to get > > it into the main Debian archive. There has been an ITP for this way > > back in September 2001 (#112118) which was retitled to RFP in December > > 2002 due to nothing happening with it. > > > Hopefully I tempted someone to sponsor this package. > > Are you requesting sponsorship or adoption of the package? > > I have had a look at the package, and find your packaging very well > done. I'd like to adopt it if that's ok with you. > > I do not, however, want to sponsor your package as part of you becoming > a Debian Developer (I _do_ want more Debian developers, I just don't > believe in the current package sponsoring logic). > > If you later become a Debian Developer and want to take over official > maintainance of it for Debian, I'd be happy to hand it back to you. > > So please tell me if it's fine with you that I adopt the package for > official Debian maintainance. > > Regards, > > - Jonas > > - -- > * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt > * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ > > - Enden er nær: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFCT7hNn7DbMsAkQLgRAtnhAKCWOmjMPJf9P67HQX39hi/z6MnfuACfcE6X > 7SWYbckx0rSu6zR5BEtsom0= > =ojYH > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > Edu-sig@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig > -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
