<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffcc" text="#000000"> Jordan Mantha wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:82926f0e0809080949l51954242u1c1ec0bd52bcce83@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">What about having a perhaps more direct and clear sponsorship structure as well? I'm not entirely sure what we want to accomplish necessarily with per-package uploaders. It basically seems to me that we want to preserve the current generalists approach of MOTU and Core Dev while still allowing for people who know what their doing to easily work on specific packages, correct? Is the consensus that using the current sponsorship process is not "easy" for such people? </pre> </blockquote> That's a good question - is sponsorship, if well implemented, a sufficient onramp for someone who is expert in Debian packaging but not yet familiar with Ubuntu's processes? Mark </body> </html>