Adding a note to the package review guidelines

[Patrice Dumas]

On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 05:01:05PM +1200, Nigel Jones wrote:
> I think it'd be a good idea to make a note on the Package Review
> Guidelines/checklist effectively saying:
> 
> "Potential reviewers are encouraged to please check that the
> reportee/submitter of a review request is current in the cvsextras package
> group before commencing a review"

This is not completely true. A sponsor can approve packages from
somebody not in the cvsextras package -- that's how somebody not in this
group become part of it, in general. It should block FE-NEEDSPONSOR,
however.

And a reviewer may well do a review, even a full review of a package
proposed by a submitter who is not a contributor already. This could
help sponsors. Of course the reviewer should make clear that he isn't a
sponsor and can't approve the package.

--
Pat