[YLUG] Debian Packaging & Sponsor

[Roger Leigh]

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 04:46:30PM -0400, Gary Briggs wrote:
> On Sun, May 02, 2010 at 01:17:59PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote:
> > I'm afraid I don't have time right at the moment for sponsoring, but
> > you should maybe subscribe to debian-mentors at lists.debian.org for
> > requesting review and sponsorship.  There's also mentors.debian.net,
> > though I haven't used it myself.  There's also #debian-mentors on
> > OFTC.
> 
> HeyHey
> 
> So I submitted to the mentors site, filled the ITP report, pinged the
> mentors mailing list, harangued the mentors IRC channel, and ... nada
> 
> Reading the website, I get the impression that mentors aren't people
> that I should be harassing directly to find one interested in working
> with me. So that being said ... what should I do next to find someone
> who can sponsor/mentor me?

If you're not having success that route, you might find luck finding
a developer who is working on similar packages who might have a
specific interest in your work.

You're right that you shouldn't harass directly, but there's no harm
in asking again on -mentors if you got ignored--it may have just been
overlooked by busy people.  After all, the people doing the mentoring
are all volunteers who have to dedicate a large chunk of time to
review people's work.  Just pinging again may get you somewhere.

If you don't get any joy at all, I can have a look, but I don't have
time to do it for the foreseeable future I'm afraid.


Regards,
Roger

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