Some questions from a wannabee packager

Sander Hoentjen tjikkun at xs4all.nl
Tue Mar 21 09:26:24 UTC 2006


On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 10:22 +0100, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> > 1) should I include tls in the amsn package or create a seconds package
> > on which amsn depends (I did the second locally and it works)
> 
> Creating a second package is the way to go.
> 
Then I have a followup question:
Do I need to file another request for this package, or add it to my amsn
request, since amsn will depend on it.

> > 3) Since I am a new packager I need a sponsor, is there a way to
> > actively look for one or do you just file a request (like i have done)
> > and wait for one
> 
> You can also help reviewing others packages, by doing relevant comments and 
> diffs to show that you understand enough packaging and fedora extras QA to 
> be sponsored.
> 
Thanks for your quick response, I will try to be useful like you
suggested.






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