Proposal for revitalizing the sponsorship process for packaging

[Michael Schwendt]

On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:32:17 +0200, AL (Alec) wrote:

> OT? The question here isn't really what submitters  do or don't, isn't 
> it what we could do to improve the process?.

The point is that not all submitters are collaborative, and others don't
seek for sponsors actively. In the needsponsor queue are lots of tickets
where packages are not ready or where a reviewer is simply waiting for
the submitter to respond. It isn't sooooo easy to find submitters who
are willing for compromise and adapt the Fedora's requirements.
 
> I would really like to reconnect to Jon's reply at 
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2012-April/166429.html. 
> What can we do to support those people who have a great app they wan't 
> into Fedora, without forcing them to be (possibly bad) packagers?
> 
> This is related to the sponsorship process if we can find a way for some 
> of those which doesn't include sponsoring a new packager.

I've sponsored people before _without_ requiring them to perform package
reviews, _without_ requiring them to submit a new package first, but on
the promise that they want to take over an orphan because they are
interested in the package. This hasn't always worked flawlessly, because
some people disappoint you and drop off silently. Then it's no surprise
some sponsors (and I know a couple of others have proceeded similary) get
more careful.

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