Re: Self Introduction: Dirk Nehring, looking for a sponsor (VDR packages)

On Sat, Aug 15, 2026 at 3:11 PM Dirk Nehring via devel
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> My name is Dirk Nehring. I have been a Linux user since 1994 and work as
> a system administrator and software developer.
>
> I am the author of a video output device plugin for VDR (Video Disk Recorder)
> that supports VAAPI and DRM, written in C++. My repositories are here:
> https://github.com/dnehring7/vdr-plugin-vaapivideo. You are welcome to
> look into the codebase.
>
> Fedora has been my distribution of choice since its very first release,
> both at work and privately. I have been building my own RPMs for years,
> mostly around VDR — an old project, but one that still has an active
> user base. Some of my current packaging work is available in Copr:
> https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/dnehring/vdr-plugins/
>
> I would like to give something back to the community and become a
> packager for VDR and its plugins, either as maintainer or
> co-maintainer. Beyond that I am happy to help wherever it is useful —
> for example by looking into orphaned packages and doing informal
> reviews. There is a new package from Martin (the VDR maintainer) on
> bugzilla which I have reviewed, contributed code and build an alternate
> version.
>
> My question: do I need a sponsor before I submit my first package review
> request, or should I file the review first and look for a sponsor
> afterwards? And is anyone here willing to sponsor me?
>

Welcome to Fedora! Go ahead and submit the review requests, and set
your bugs to block FE-NEEDSPONSOR.


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