On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 09:32:40AM +0100, Svante Signell wrote: > > How to solve the following problem: Assume a package with wishlist bugs > filed lagging behind upstream and the maintainer refuses to package any > newer upstream, not even into experimental. And in general there is an > interest (from several people) in having the new upstream versions > packaged. Can this package become salvaged in some way by the ITS/ITO > procedure? I think this is a rather common case, a cautious maintainer > and some more adventurous salvagers.
If the maintainer gives reasons to stick to the old version and is explaining these reason I do not see a case for a valid salvage process. If I were the maintainer in question I would offer team maintenance to the potential salvagers and would even sponsor their packages to experimental if they would care for the experimental branch. This is what I would call sensible and helpful behaviour. Kind regards Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121031084811.gc2...@an3as.eu