Re: Unmaintained Packages (was: Getting patches into packages, thought and ideas)
On 09 Aug 2003 05:11:39 +0200, Goswin von Brederlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ifupdown surely looks bad. Shouldn't someone else take over the package then? Greetings Marc, not feeling fit to take the package, but seriously thinking about a fork -- -- !! No courtesy copies, please !! - Marc Haber |Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Karlsruhe, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom | Fon: *49 721 966 32 15 Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG Rightful Heir | Fax: *49 721 966 31 29
Re: Unmaintained Packages (was: Getting patches into packages, thought and ideas)
On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 12:25:21PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 20:39:52 +0100, Andrew Suffield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 08:50:36PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: And don't tell me glibc is unmaintained or ppp. ppp *was* unmaintained, for a long period of time. When exactly is a package (take ifupdown for example which hasn't seen a maintainer upload in a long time) to be considered unmaintained? Retroactively, when somebody pries it out of the cold, dead grip of the former maintainer. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -- | pgpSMwf4ejWMf.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Unmaintained Packages (was: Getting patches into packages, thought and ideas)
Marc Haber [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 20:39:52 +0100, Andrew Suffield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 08:50:36PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: And don't tell me glibc is unmaintained or ppp. ppp *was* unmaintained, for a long period of time. When exactly is a package (take ifupdown for example which hasn't seen a maintainer upload in a long time) to be considered unmaintained? If a package has bugs for some time without the maintainer giving reasons why they are left open its unmaintained or at least badly maintained. Having bugs fixed in NMUs is also a sign of an unmaintained package. ifupdown surely looks bad. MfG Goswin