On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 03:41:53AM +0100, Guillem Jover wrote: > > (Random data point: I have 14 packages with versions indicating they > > are NMUed native packages installed on my system. Some of them have > > priority standard or higher.) > > I've a similar number on my system, but most of these appear to be > from people that have not been active in the project for a while?
Precisely, hence the usefulness of NMUs. In the interim when you don't know if those people have "disappeared" from the project (for all sort of valid reasons) or not, other developers can help using NMUs. That way they help both the maintainers in question, relieving some of their duties if they are gone only temporarily, and the project as a whole that avoids being technically stalled for a while. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . z...@upsilon.cc . . . . o . . . o . o Maître de conférences . . . . . http://upsilon.cc/zack . . . o . . . o o Debian Project Leader . . . . . . @zack on identi.ca . . o o o . . . o . « the first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club »
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