On Sat, 20 Dec 2008, Sune Vuorela wrote: > On 2008-12-20, Raphael Hertzog <hert...@debian.org> wrote: > > maintainer receives a mail with a link to a web form where he'll have a > > list of all the packages that he maintains/co-maintains and for each > > package he has to answer several questions that explain his relationship > > with the package (the answer are preseeded with the values he selected > > the previous time so that he can quickly skim over it if nothing has > > changed): > > - what kind of maintainer he is > > - active (responding quickly, forwarding bugs, ???) > > - passive (responds only to major problems) > > - backup (not doing anything unless solicited) > > - if the package needs an active maintainer or not (most perl modules are > > well maintained with a single "passive" maintainer) > > - if the package needs help from another volunteer > > > > We could integrate various heuristics/data in the process to help the > > maintainer recognize that he's (not) keeping up and that he needs help > > or maybe that he's no more "active" but only "passive". > > > > If the maintainer doesn't respond, he automatically enters the MIA > > process and the package is quickly marked as needing help/attention > > from someone else. > > I'd rather spend my time on fixing my packages than on filling web forms > with bureaucratic bullshit.
Thanks for your constructive comments… and the nice vocabulary. It might take some time the first time that you submit but it's good to step back a few seconds to think about the maintenance status of the packages that you maintain (do I need help? do I maintain it actively or would I let the package go if someone more involved in the upstream project showed up?). Later on the bureaucratic work takes a couple of seconds, not much more than the time you spent to write you nice reply. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Le best-seller français mis à jour pour Debian Etch : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-qa-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org