On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:30:04 +0100, Michael J Gruber wrote: > I would like to help this poor soul get his package into Fedora: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=860249 > > (adobe-source-code-pro-fonts) > > I'm a packager but no sponsor, he's no packager (so needs a sponsor). > It's not clear to me whether I can just make a formal review and ask a > sponsor to say "yes", or the new packager needs an actual review from a > sponsor (different pages seem to disagree somewhat on this). Which pages? https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Package_Review_Process#Reviewer | | If it is the first package of a Contributor, the Reviewer must be a Sponsor However, there's always room for negotiation and ignoring the process. > An old request for sponsorship on the fonts-SIG list has not been > answered so far, Disappointing. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/fonts/2012-November/001528.html Indeed. I'm not familiar with font packages. Above is the first one, which I've examined briefly. The first comments in the review request about "tone of voice" are confusing and not so encouraging, IMO. -- M Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) - Linux 3.7.2-204.fc18.x86_64 loadavg: 0.21 0.18 0.14 -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
