next FESCo meeting agenda.

[Paul Howarth]

Paul wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-07-05 at 19:27 +1200, Michael J. Knox wrote:
>> Can this proposed policy be discussed in the next FESCo meeting?
>>
>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MikeKnox/AWOL_Policy
>>
>> There has been no (apparent) opposition to the policy.
> 
> The only thing that looks slightly amiss is this
> 
> "- If you are a not an existing Extras contributor, you can still take
> over a package. All of the above must be followed. When you seek
> approval for the take over, you, again, must provide a bugzilla report
> as if it were a new Extras package review. This will allow the normal
> review process to happen. Being how the package is in Extras already,
> this process should be swift."
> 
> If you are not a contributor, you won't have CVS access and so will need
> to go through the sign up, get a sponsor etc procedure. I personally
> would not like to see that circumvented as it adds in that extra layer
> of security.
> 
> I could have misread the above para, but I'm not sure I have.

I don't think anyone is suggesting that the sponsorship process should 
be circumvented. However, whilst the review process for an existing 
package should be quick, the sponsorship process is unlikely to be. 
Taking over an existing package doesn't do much to demonstrate a new 
contributor's ability as a packager or their understanding of the Extras 
processes and guidelines. In other words, they may struggle to find a 
sponsor without going down the regular contributor route.

Paul.