Dne 08. 01. 22 v 0:23 Kevin Fenzi napsal(a):
On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 11:43:15PM +0200, Otto Urpelainen wrote:I can give a couple of reasons why just using the packager-sponsors tracker always would be better. This is from the point of view of somebody who had to find a sponsor. I am not a sponsor myself, so I do not really know this looks from that side. 1. The process is currently so complicated that newcomers are frequently confused and dissuaded by it. Having just a single way would make it simpler. Of these two options, the single way would have to be the tracker, because the FE-NEEDSPONSOR method only works for new package submissions. 2. In the tracker, you can write your "letter of application" in the description, and add all the proof you have. So you can first evaluate yourself, gather more proof if you think it will be needed, and only submit an application when you feel you are ready. For FE-NEEDSPONSOR, it is not so clear. The same thing can be done in the review request comments, of course. But then the review request and the sponsorship request get mixed up, but actually they are two different things. 3. It may be just my impression, but the system of adding the FE-NEEDSPONSOR link feels a bit like "don't call us, we'll call you". Saying that you can file an issue and it will be looked at feels more friendly and inviting.Sure, I agree with all of that. However, If everyone who wanted to be added to packager was told to file a issue, I am not at all sure we can promise 'it would be looked at'. All the packager-sponsors tickets go to everyone in the packager sponsors group, but I've only ever seen a small fraction of them respond to any tickets. ;( I am not sure if thats because they don't want to deal with sponsoring co-maintainers (the current 'reason' to file a ticket there) or something else, but I worry that it would just result in a big backlog of tickets there. :(
Just FTR, I don't think that as a sponsor, I can close the ticket and that is a bit discouraging.
Additionally, I fear it would also leed to 'HI, make me a packager' type tickets (with no other info). We could of course close those or ask for more info, but then someone has to manage that.
You have already volunteered for providing the template, that should help to solve this.
Vít
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