On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 04:02:12PM -0400, Alexander Winston wrote: > Hi, I came across <URI:http://qa.debian.org/orphaned.html> yesterday and > am interested in helping in any way that I can, but I am not a Debian > developer and could not find any directions to follow in the > documentation related to fixing bugs in orphaned packages. If anyone > could point me to the relevant section in the documentation that I > overlooked or can tell me how I can assist, I would be much obliged.
Do the bugfix in the same way as you would for a regularly maintained package. If the package is properly orphaned, the QA group will get the patch you send to the BTS. If the package is improperly orphaned (which is the list you gave above) then you'll need to notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] that you've got a patch, tested it, et al. If you also mention that it's improperly orphaned, that'll also be an added spur to make an upload - Andrew Pollock is currently doing a mass Maintainer change, and I'll get into it again once I've finished off my studies (only a couple of weeks/assessments to go). - Matt