Fedora clean up process seems to be seriously broken...

[Richard Shaw]

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Michael Schwendt <mschwendt at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:25:35 -0600, RS (Richard) wrote:
>
>> [...]
>> question: How does a sponsor find future sponsors? Just because I
>> complete an informal or formal review doesn't mean that a sponsor sees
>> it, unless there's some system that provides visibility that I'm
>> unaware of.
>
> Well, one way is to query bugzilla's Package Review component for all
> tickets you've commented on. The ones you've approved list you as the
> assignee.

Not quite what I meant... I'll rephrase.

How does someone who needs to be sponsored make sure that their
informal reviews get noticed? Not everyone will 'toot their own horn'
so to speak. That doesn't mean they are not a good prospect as a
packager.

I think it's difficult sometimes for "you oldtimers" to place yourself
in the shoes of a newcomer. The whole process can be quite
intimidating, especially when someone of apparent authority gets short
with you because of your lack of understanding of the guidelines or
other mistake. I've made plenty of (honest) mistakes in the past and
have sometimes been corrected in ways that were not helpful to say the
least, it's a good thing I wasn't easily deterred, but that's heading
off topic.

I'm just trying to think of a way to help alleviate (I don't think
solving the problem is practical) the vicious cycle of too many
packages (and potential packagers) chasing too few sponsors. OR the
other side of the problem, current maintainers not being able to be
responsive because they have too many packages.

Richard