Sponsoring workflow, history

2012-11-25_MiniDebconfParis/debexpo.tex

@@ -88,16 +88,46 @@
 \begin{frame}
   \frametitle{Debian Package Maintainers}
 
+  There are three ``classes'' of package maintainers:
+  \begin{itemize}
+    \item Debian Developers: can upload any package at any time
+    \item Debian Maintainers: can upload the packages they have been allowed to by DDs
+    \item Sponsored Maintainers: cannot upload by themselves: need to be sponsored by a DD
+  \end{itemize}
+
 \end{frame}
 
 \begin{frame}
   \frametitle{``newcomer'' workflow}
 
+  Quite a lengthy process:
+  \begin{enumerate}
+    \item Prepare a package (either NEW or update)
+    \item Upload it somewhere
+    \item Find a sponsor
+      \begin{itemize}
+        \item File a sponsorship-requests bug / write the debian-mentors list
+        \item Find a team
+        \item Prod your previous sponsor
+      \end{itemize}
+    \item Update according to the sponsor's review, rinse, repeat
+    \item ????????
+    \item Upload!
+  \end{enumerate}
+
 \end{frame}
 
 \begin{frame}
   \frametitle{Why mentors.debian.net?}
 
+  \begin{itemize}
+    \item[<1->] A central place for sponsored maintainers to upload and
+      share their packages for review
+    \item[<2->] A companion to the debian-mentors mailing-list
+    \item[<2->] A place for developers of Debian derivatives too
+      (Ubuntu's ``Debian-first'' policy comes to mind)
+  \end{itemize}
+
 \end{frame}
 
 \subsection{How did we get there?}
@@ -109,6 +139,22 @@
 
 \begin{frame}
   \frametitle{A brief history of debexpo}
+  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
+    \item A 2008 GSoC project by Jonny Lamb, mentored by Christoph
+      Haas (initial commit 2008/06/01)
+      \begin{itemize}
+        \item Goal: ``personal package archive'' for Debian
+      \end{itemize}
+    \item Languishing project until 2010, when Asheesh Laroia and Jan
+      Dittberner took over (2010/06/22)
+      \begin{itemize}
+        \item Goal: mentors.debian.net replacement
+      \end{itemize}
+    \item Asheesh and Arno Töll make debexpo replace the old
+      mentors.d.n site (2011/07/something)
+    \item UI improvements (debexpo v2, 2012/02/something)
+    \item GSoC 2012 (debexpo v3, 2012/11/25 ?)
+  \end{itemize}
 
 \end{frame}
 
@@ -118,6 +164,7 @@
 \begin{frame}
   \frametitle{Low-level infrastructure}
 
+
 \end{frame}
 
 \begin{frame}