Thanks for your reply. &nbsp;<br><br>I had read the Wiki page, but there&#39;s no mention of new contributors adopting orphaned packages.<br><br>So I have to submit the orphan as new all over again in order to kickstart the new contributor process?<br><br>Thanks.<br><br>Ian<br><br><br>----- Reply message -----<br>From: &quot;Rakesh Pandit&quot; &lt;rakesh.pandit@gmail.com&gt;<br>Date: Sun, Jun 20, 2010 04:53<br>Subject: Ownership of DMity<br>To: &quot;Development discussions related to Fedora&quot; &lt;devel@lists.fedoraproject.org&gt;<br><br>On 20 June 2010 07:40, ianrichardbaker wrote:<br>&gt; Username is chameleon, and I am a new contributor so I don&#39;t yet have<br>&gt; sponsorship.<br>&gt;<br>[..]<br><br>Read:<br><a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_get_sponsored_into_the_packager_group">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_get_sponsored_into_the_packager_group</a><br><a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/Join">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/Join</a><br><br>You will need sponsorship before owning a package.<br><br>-- <br>Rakesh Pandit<br><a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rakesh">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rakesh</a><br>freedom, friends, features, first<br>-- <br>devel mailing list<br>devel@lists.fedoraproject.org<br><a href="https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel">https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel</a><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>