Thank you for the kind reply, Michael. I apparently do not understand how to properly retitle a bug yet. I have been lurking, so I will examine the numerous examples to grok the proper method. I fear I went off half-cocked at the first attempt.
I lurk on d-announce, d-devel-announce, d-mentors, d-newmaint, d-news, d-qa, d-wnpp, and bugs.debian. Reading the mail is helping me understand how I may help the Debian effort. I will proceed as you suggest, but please have patience. fgd. kl7fhx On Wed, 14 May 2003 22:29:58 +0200 Michael Fedrowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 09:34:02AM -0800, Fielder George Dowding > wrote: > > Hi, > > > As a result of the lack of action on Mr. Take's part regarding > > these outstanding bug reports, the Defoma package has been > > listed as orphaned (#180188) before the critical bug (#181749) > > was submitted. I am attempting to step up to the plate, and I am > > experiencing a high level of difficulties unravelling the many > > instructions for becominig a maintainer > > You might want to start by properly retitling the bug. > > However if you're talking about becoming DD: that takes its time > it would certainly be nice to have fixed packages before then. I'd > be willing to sponsor uploads. > > > as well as groking the source code (perl with a bash or sh > > script against which bug #181749 has been filed). > > IMNSHO defoma is an unmaintainable mess that not only needs to be > rewritten but also redesigned from scratch. But if you really want > to deal with the current code base, your second high priority item > beside the bug mentioned above should be the scalability issues > (bugs #143818,#179099). > > It might also be a good idea to set up a project on Alioth, if > there's enough interest. > > -Michael > > -- Fielder George Dowding, Chief Iceworm dba Iceworm Enterprises, Anchorage, Alaska Since 1976 - Over 25 Years of Service.