Hi Lucas, As you know I agree with you on most aspects.
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 10:10:09AM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > I find third-party reviews > and ACKs a good way to reinforce the feeling that the orphaning is the > right thing to do. Absolutely. > Note that it's often users who detect unmaintained > software. With the ACK-based process, it's possible for a user to > initiate the process. Yes, the users help is welcome. > For simple & obvious cases, waiting for a month > is a bit annoying when someone is willing and ready to take over > maintenance. it's important to use contributors motivation while it's > high. I agree to not demand a delay for the reason you gave. > > But anyway, I would not oppose adding something such as: > If you followed all the steps above, waited for a month, did not > receive enough ACKs, but nobody NACKed, you can still proceed. I join Steve L. with wanting a consensus, so the package can be orphaned only when there are sufficient ACKs. I expect the cc to debian-qa to draw sufficient attention from DDs, so I don't expect any problem with this. Regards, Bart Martens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121026060942.gf10...@master.debian.org