[Pkg-bluetooth-maintainers] [Fwd: Re: request sponsorship for new debian package pybluez]

[Edd Dumbill]

Albert is going to be on board as well, he needs his pybluez packages
sponsoring in.

-------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Albert Huang <albert at csail.mit.edu>
> To: Edd Dumbill <ejad at debian.org>
> Subject: Re: request sponsorship for new debian package pybluez
> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 19:55:12 -0500
> 
> Hi Edd,
> 
> Just checking to see if you've made progress in this area.
> 
> Regards,
> Albert
> 
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 05:24:27PM +0100, Edd Dumbill wrote:
> > I'll let you know when we've got the group setup.  Should be this week.
> > 
> > On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 12:05 -0400, Albert Huang wrote:
> > > Hi Edd,
> > > 
> > > Sounds fantastic.  Please let me know how I should proceed.  Thanks!
> > > 
> > > -albert
> > > 
> > > On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 03:58:45PM +0100, Edd Dumbill wrote:
> > > > Albert, just to let you know...
> > > > 
> > > > Myself and a couple of other developers are going to form a group to
> > > > maintain BlueZ and GNOME Bluetooth for Debian.
> > > > 
> > > > If you still need a sponsor, then this group should be able to help.
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 01:57 -0400, Albert Huang wrote:
> > > > > Hi Edd,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Long turnaround time is not a problem.  I think you'd make a great
> > > > > sponsor for this package as you're familiar with the rest of bluez as
> > > > > well.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I'm not sure how to proceed at this point.  Do I just send you a copy of
> > > > > the packages and sources for the first release?  I've put a copy of
> > > > > everything at
> > > > > 
> > > > > http://csail.mit.edu/~albert/pybluez/0.2/
> > > > > 
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Albert
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2005 at 12:24:54PM +0100, Edd Dumbill wrote:
> > > > > > On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 20:54 -0400, Albert Huang wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi Edd,
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > My research group has been working on some python extensions for bluez,
> > > > > > > and I thought it would be a good idea to submit them to debian.  None of
> > > > > > > us have experience as debian developers/maintainers, so this process is
> > > > > > > quite new to us.  I've been in email contact with Matthew Palmer
> > > > > > > (mpalmer at debian.org) and he suggested I ask you to sponsor me while I
> > > > > > > maintain the package.  I'm also interested in going through the new
> > > > > > > maintainer process, but that can happen later.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > We currently distribute pybluez from the MIT CSAIL servers at
> > > > > > >     http://org.csail.mit.edu/pybluez
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Please let me know what you think.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Hi Albert,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > My time is really short at the moment.  I would be pleased to sponsor
> > > > > > your packages, but it may be a matter of several weeks each time for me
> > > > > > to turn the work around.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > So, if you're happy to proceed on the basis of me being very busy,
> > > > > > great.  Otherwise, I won't mind if you seek out another sponsor.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > regards
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Edd.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
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> > > 
> > 
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