Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508352 --- Comment #13 from Jussi Lehtola <jussi.lehtola@xxxxxx> 2009-07-15 17:55:54 EDT --- (In reply to comment #12) > So I need to be sponsored before this package can go into Fedora, and I can't > be sponsored until I submit another package besides this one? In other words, > newbies like me can't just submit one package? Surely I misunderstand > something; you can't be saying that my work on this package is pointless until > I do some more work on a completely unrelated package. Normally people who want to become packagers are interested in packaging more stuff than just one package. Becoming a packager means that you become able to perform package reviews, and thus packager status has some power and responsibility. The idea behind the sponsorship system is to guarantee that every packager knows the Fedora guidelines. It's the packager who is sponsored, not the package: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/HowToGetSponsored#Sponsorship_model -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Fedora-package-review mailing list Fedora-package-review@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-review