Alexander wrote: > Since emacs-carbon is a maintained package, did you try contacting the > listed maintainer? The general rule of thumb is that we don't tread > on the toes of listed maintainers by updating their packages without > consent.
This was my attempt to contact the maintainer. I didn't read anything that said contact should be made off-list. I don't expect someone other than the maintainer to update the package. I specifically separated namespaces and filenames to avoid subversion of the official packaging. There is no individual contact given for the maintainer (it's just listed as a "team"), so I thought the list would be an appropriate place. I assume the maintainer(s) are subscribed and read the list. The packaging is also of interest to the public until the official package is updated, and it wouldn't be available if it was just sitting in someone's inbox. > Also: why didn't you use the package submission tracker (and then > email a link to the tracker item)? It's not ideal, but we are > working on making the process there more expedient. It's not an ITP (there's an existing package), so I didn't think it would be appropriate to list as a new package. The link on the fink homepage is to "Submit a new Fink package". Neither is it a bug or feature request for the fink core. Also, the sourceforge trackers are horrible. There were no guidelines that I saw on the fink homepage that suggested the most appropriate place for an upgrade request should be anywhere other than this list. In debian the correct procedure is to submit a wishlist bug, and I suspect it's frowned upon, but then the debian maintainers aren't so tardy. The latest upstream snapshot is from the 1st November, and the fink package hasn't been updated since March. If it was bad form to post the attachments to the list I'll host them and link them next time. -- Dean ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
