On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:45:01 +0200 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 16 Oct 2013 20:19:11 -0700, Luya Tshimbalanga wrote: > > > Hello developers and packagers, > > > > I recently received an email from the reporter[1] from rhbz > > #913289. <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=913289> > > related to the sponsorship. The review was done. One of sponsors > > promised to take care of that step > > which never came to fruition. > > I cannot find such a promise in the ticket. I think it was me who promised to sponsor Peter. Being fully loaded with other work I waited for seeing the plus set for the review flag. Dan > However, activity log shows that you've assigned the ticket to > yourself on 2013-03-14 without being a sponsor. The first submitted > package of a new packager must be reviewed and approved by a sponsor. > Assigning the ticket could result in other sponsors ignoring the > ticket and assuming that somebody _is working_ on it already. > > The review hasn't been too simple either so far, judging by the > number of delays and comments by _several_ people over a period of > several months. > > > It has been more than two months the > > original reporter asked if there is a sponsored packager willing to > > take over the package. > > Not too good, because we need more packagers rather than fewer who try > to handle a growing number of packages. > > > The way to get sponsored seemed harder because not everybody has > > the luxury to wait on IRC channel[2]. New contributors have > > tendency to use mail list so better clarifications are needed. > > And again, the system doesn't scale if "adding packagers doesn't > result in more people doing reviews". There are submitters in the > needsponsor queue, who wait for a dozen packages without spending any > time at all on trying to review them or contributing a few reviews on > similar packages in the queue. > > > [2] > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_get_sponsored_into_the_packager_group > > There are various ways how to get sponsored. Using IRC is not > mandatory. Contributing a few reviews is not mandatory either. > Performing a self-review of an own package can be helpful, though. > Especially if a review request for the package has been opened > several weeks/months ago. So, if a reviewer or a sponsor runs into > the review request, the package is ready and passes essential tests, > such as with rpmlint, mock, fedora-review. I don't think that is too > much of a requirement. > > -- > devel mailing list > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
