New packager: Do the reviewer and the sponsor have to be the same

[Susi Lehtola]

On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:30:04 +0100
Michael J Gruber <mjg at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> I would like to help this poor soul get his package into Fedora:
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=860249
> 
> (adobe-source-code-pro-fonts)
> 
> I'm a packager but no sponsor, he's no packager (so needs a sponsor).
> It's not clear to me whether I can just make a formal review and ask a
> sponsor to say "yes", or the new packager needs an actual review from
> a sponsor (different pages seem to disagree somewhat on this).
> 
> An old request for sponsorship on the fonts-SIG list has not been
> answered so far, which is why I'm trying to help this way.

Well, my opinion is: go for it. IMHO it's a lot easier to sponsor
someone who already has shown his/her packaging skills. It's just less
work for the sponsor... providing the review is of good quality.

Now, of course the package won't make it into the repo before the
packager has been sponsored.
-- 
Susi Lehtola
Fedora Project Contributor
jussilehtola at fedoraproject.org