Hi, On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 08:43:58AM +0200, Svante Signell wrote:
> One problem so far is how to write the patches to please the DMs. The > comments you get varies. Sometimes it is easier to communicate with > upstream. Indeed, if an active upstream exists, and the best approach to take is not obvious, it's best to talk to upstream directly -- after all, ultimately it's them how will have to approve the patch anyways... It's more tricky of course for packages without an upstream. > it is frustrating to see how much of the very good time and effort > people spend by writing patches, and then see them hanging in the BTS > forever. Do you have any good solution to propose? I'm not a Debian developer myself; but from I have gathered, an NMU is appropriate in such cases... > Maybe I should apply to be a DM myself or at least do the packaging > and having a supporting DM as uploader. That would definitely make things easier -- especially regarding NMUs :-) -antrik- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
