On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 07:53:50PM +0200, Adeodato Sim? wrote: > * Russ Allbery [Mon, 25 Apr 2005 10:47:13 -0700]: > > > it's more clear what's going on; some packages are sitting, but most > > things are being approved very quickly. mplayer (and hot-babe) are among > > the ones that are sitting. > > And as I learnt yesterday, some of the ones "sitting" are still there > because the maintainer hasn't reacted in weeks to mail from ftpmaster > pointing out obvious problems with the package. > > Perhaps it'd be nice in the long term add a column with a short note > enumerating the problems, or to CC the ITP bug the mail sent to the > maintainer. This way, if a maintainer goes MIA, other interested > people can know that the ball is in the maintainer's roof, not in > ftpmasters', and offer to help.
Just for the record, while this is true for some packages, this is not the case for mplayer -- the ball is at ftp-masters. --Jeroen -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED] (also for Jabber & MSN; ICQ: 33944357) http://Jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]