Re: PLEASE READ: provenpackager reseed

[Michael Schwendt <mschwendt gmail com>]

On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:24:29 +0100, Patrice wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 12:17:50PM +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> >  
> > ?? "some level of technical skill"?  As every sponsor becomes a member of the
> > provenpackager group, what capabilities are provenpackagers missing, that
> > they don't simply become sponsors?
> 
> People interested in security, release engineering, other arches are 
> typically suited for provenpackager role, and not necessarily for sponsor
> role. Also people who likes to fix others packages, but don't want to be
> sponsor... Though this should be quite rare.

You've misunderstood my question. With the current process, sponsors
need not demonstrate anything beyond technical skills (= packaging
skills in form of a couple of package reviews).