On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:42:12 +0100, Patrice wrote: > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:19:13AM +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > > Patrice Dumas wrote: > >> > >> provenpackagers are people who can change all the packages with opened > >> ACLs. Sponsors are the people who can accept new contributors in > >> fedora. > > > > <devil's advocate> > > > > Well, with this definition, "provenpackager" is an acknowledgment of > > "technical skills", while "sponsors" is a "social/political role". > > That's not that clear, since sponsors also have to help their sponsoree > on a technical level, and have to evaluate the technical skills of > potential contributors which also imply some level of technical skill. > But indeed, the sponsor evaluates potential new contributors, while > the provenpackager fixes other people packages. ?? "some level of technical skill"? As every sponsor becomes a member of the provenpackager group, what capabilities are provenpackagers missing, that they don't simply become sponsors? -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
