On Fri, 2009-09-11 at 19:46 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:24:06 +0200, Stefan wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I would like to become a co-maintainer for an _existing_ RPM package. I > > already red the following link > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/Join but they are > > always telling you how to act when you create a _new_ RPM package. I > > contacted the actual RPM maintainer and he said that it would be good to > > have a co-maintainer because he is the only one and could need some > > support. So this shouldn't be a problem. > > > > What do I have to do? Find a sponsor for an _existing_ RPM package? > > The terminology is different. "Sponsors" are for people, not for > packages. "Reviewers" are for packages. A sponsor is the person who > approves another person's request to join a group in the Fedora Account > System (FAS). > > If the package maintainer doesn't have sponsor status (and it sounds like > that), you obviously need to find somebody else to sponsor you. One common > way is to submit packages for review and convince a sponsor (who will be > the reviewer) that you know what you're doing with regard to RPM packaging > and the Fedora Packaging guidelines. > > If you cannot think of any package to submit for review, you could still > find a sponsor by giving a demonstration of your Fedora Packaging skills > or by trying to convince sponsors with pieces of information that may be > relevant (such as your contributions to the packaged software or other > packages, your expertise with regard to the software project, or perhaps > you like to do a couple of package reviews even if you cannot approve > the packages yet). Thank you Jason and Michael for clarification. I created a bugzilla entry, indicating that I'm looking for a sponsor. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522933 Everyone is welcomed ;-) -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
