[DRE-commits] r4108 - trunk/website/src

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Author: lucas
Date: 2009-09-12 07:34:56 +0000 (Sat, 12 Sep 2009)
New Revision: 4108

Added:
   trunk/website/src/38.sponsorship.en.page
Log:
add info about what to check before requesting sponsorship

Added: trunk/website/src/38.sponsorship.en.page
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+---
+title: Requesting Sponsorship
+inMenu: true
+---
+h1. Requesting Sponsorship
+
+Once your package is ready (or at least, once you think it is), a DD will have to review your changes and upload it to the archive. It is important to understand that reviewing and sponsoring packages is a tedious process, and that most DDs would prefer to do something else instead. So, make sure that you make the best possible use of their time, so they will be happy to sponsor you again. :-)
+
+First, make sure that your package is really in good shape. That means answering the following questions:
+ * Does my package build fine in a clean chroot? The easiest way to test that is using @pbuilder at .
+ * Is my package lintian-clean? If not, did I explain why it isn't in debian/changelog? Note that real problems should not be hidden by lintian overrides.
+ * Did I check that all usages of rubygems have been patched out?
+ * Is my debian/watch file correct? That file will be used by your sponsor to fetch the upstream source, so it is very important that it is correct. Please check that @uscan --download-current-version@ does the right thing.
+ * Is the SVN up-to-date? Did I commit all my changes? (Check with @svn status@)
+
+Once your package is ready, you must:
+ * Change the distribution from @UNRELEASED@ to @unstable at .
+ * Request sponsorship by mailing debian-ruby at lists.debian.org. Here is an example email:
+
+<pre>
+Subject: RFS: libfoo-ruby 1.2-1, libbar-ruby 2.0-1
+
+Hi,
+
+The following packages are ready to be uploaded (I also verified the
+points listed on http://pkg-ruby-extras.alioth.debian.org/sponsorship.html).
+
+Could you please sponsor them?
+
+ libfoo-ruby 1.2-1
+ libbar-ruby 2.0-1
+
+Thank you!
+</pre>