Jonathan Underwood wrote: > Today I happened to look at this page: > > http://fedoraproject.org/PackageReviewStatus/NEEDSPONSOR.html > > from which I can see we have potentially on the order of 100 new > potential contributors to Fedora whose efforts we're missing out on > due to a lack of sponsors. Some people seem to have been waiting to be > sponsored for a couple of years. This is quite an unfortunate > situation - what can we do to improve that situation? How many > *active* packaging sponsors do we currently have? I agree it's a disappointing situation. As a sponsor, I've made it a goal of mine to pick up at least 1 NEEDSPONSOR review per week for awhile now, with decent results. I'd encourage other sponsors to do the same. While we're at it, I also think more sponsors would definitely be a good thing. I'd encourage any active/veteran packager to consider applying: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_sponsor_a_new_contributor#Becoming_a_Fedora_Package_Collection_Sponsor -- Rex -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
