On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 05:41:12PM +0200, Emile van Bergen wrote: > That's not mutually exclusive. Also, you ask who would ever wish to > delegate the maintainership of a package. I think the answer is every DD > who has filed a RFA on a package.
RFA is a Request For Adoption, not a delegation. There is no sense in makeing a delegation. If one cannot/don't want to maintain a package any more, he lets other people to take it (RFA or O). > I know. However, there are *existing* packages for which DDs don't > always have enough time or interest. If you think that isn't true, then > what are all those orphaned packages doing on WNPP? [...] > I know. But because of the packages up for adoption, and the orphaned > packages, I was under the impression that the DDs need help with those > packages. So what's the point? there is someone who wants to maintain a package? Well: he should take it, close as many bugs as possible, produce a good working release, and bring us a results. Then what? what does he really need? a repository for his work or a sponsor? Both you'd say, and that's it. For the former he may use alioth, for the later he needs a place to look for a willing sponsor. > If that's not the case, why are those orphaned packages not removed > outright? They are periodically removed. > Well, I didn't see why you would object to the second sentence. If > somebody's able to maintain a package through a sponsor well, he may > still have no desire to become a DD. So that's the point: you didn't got my reply at all. That sentence is unfair because it blame the NM process, while mentors.debian.net try to be a Debian subproject. Debian that blames Debian? > Well, mentors.debian.net exists, whereas the one you're describing does > not, so apparently people felt more need for the former. http://www.internatif.org/bortzmeyer/debian/sponsor/ Have you ever seen our "Developer's corner"? ciao, -- Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis | Elegant or ugly code as well aliases: Luca ^De [A-Z][A-Za-z\-]*[iy]'\?s$ | as fine or rude sentences have Luca, a wannabe ``Good guy''. | something in common: they local LANG="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" | don't depend on the language.