Lack of response about sponsorship
Rex Dieter
rdieter at math.unl.edu
Thu Oct 17 13:11:02 UTC 2013
Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 08:19:11PM -0700, Luya Tshimbalanga wrote:
>> Considering the reporter is also a entrepreneur who took the time to
>> port some of upstream packages to Fedora, I am utterly disappointed
>> by the lack of communication from the sponsors for a simple task.
>> The fact the reporter vainly tried to ask for sponsorship leaves a
>> negative impression as if the communication are uninterested to
>> bring more contributors outside Fedora.
>
> I agree; this is a problem. (In general, I think the beg-for-review-swaps
> system is not friendly to new contributors.) I see that you applied for
> sponsorship https://fedorahosted.org/packager-sponsors/ticket/90 but there
> wasn't enough activity on the ticket to make the approval threshold.
Indeed, maybe worth pinging some of the folks that didn't vote +1 in that
ticket, to help out.
karma. :)
I could possibly look it over and help with sponsorship, but my free time
will be limited at least until this weekend.
-- Rex
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