How to take ownership of orphaned package: ddclient

[Michael Schwendt]

On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 10:57:14 -0700, Kevin Fenzi wrote:

> You will need to convince a sponsor to sponsor you. 
> 
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_get_sponsored_into_the_packager_group?rd=Extras/HowToGetSponsored
> 
> Many sponsors like to see you put together a package for review or
> 'pre' review existing packages in the review queue to show that you
> know what you are doing. 

Btw, several sponsors have been burnt by someone new wanting to take over
a single orphaned (or even deprecated) package, only to give up shortly
afterwards without any notification. :(  So, a positive attitude in
general and not getting upset too easily by other changes in the dist is
a plus if you are serious about becoming a contributor.