On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:07:17 +0100, Dodji wrote:
> This new path requires you to convince an existing maintainer
> to mentor you in the processes and guidelines of package maintenance,
> and would allow you to be sponsored by FESCo or an existing sponsor to
> co-maintain those package(s) with your mentor guiding you.
Thank you for this. It has always seemed to me that someone interested
in co-maintaining a given package should not be forced into maintaining
another unrelated package as a prerequisite.
The old process has not been mandatory. Years ago already it has been
possible to join the packager group by convincing a packager sponsor, or
by using a sponsor as a proxy when contributing to package development
for some time before getting sponsored as a full co-maintainer. It's just
that FESCo has made this official by officially documenting it in the Wiki.