On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 03:38:48PM -0400, Boyuan Yang wrote: > Dear -devel list, > > (Please forward this email to proper mailing lists if there's other lists that > this email would suit in better.) > > I noticed that for all bug reports that orphan a package in Debian, a semi- > standard paragraph of words will be provided like this: > > ======== > > ...Maintaining a package requires time and skills. Please only adopt this > package if you will have enough time and attention to work on it. > > If you want to be the new maintainer, please see > https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/#howto-o for detailed > instructions how to adopt a package properly.... > > ========
This text comes from a template we use in the MIA-Team. You can find it here: https://salsa.debian.org/qa/qa/blob/master/mia/templates/wnpp-orphan.mia > However, https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/#howto-o provides almost zero > information for an enthusiast that want to adopt the package, i.e. there's no > detailed instruction on how to actually upload a package for a person not > quite familiar with Debian's packaging workflow. > > I'd suggest some kind of rewording on the website given that this link has > been posted everywhere in different BTS bug reports. Including a link to > https://mentors.debian.net/intro-maintainers might be a good idea. Anyway any > kind of improvement would be appreciated. A MR would be indeed very welcome! ;-) -- Cheers, tobi