Re: PLEASE READ: provenpackager reseed

[Ralf Corsepius <rc040203 freenet de>]

Patrice Dumas wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 09:36:01AM +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> > Jon Stanley wrote:
> > > At the FESCo meeting that took place on 3/6/2009, it was decided that
> > > on Monday, 3/9/2009,  the 'provenpackager' group would be emptied and
> > > repopulated with only sponsors in the 'packager' group, who would be
> > > given user status in the provenpackager group. 
> > Is there some definition of what a "provenpackager role" is supposed to  
> > mean and how it is different from a "sponsor role"?
>
> provenpackagers are people who can change all the packages with 
> opened ACLs. Sponsors are the people who can accept new contributors in 
> fedora.

<devil's advocate>

Well, with this definition, "provenpackager" is an acknowledgment of 
"technical skills", while "sponsors" is a "social/political role".

It also doesn't have any connection to the role "sponsors" once used to 
have: To guide and educate new-comer packagers.

<devil's advocate>


Ralf