Hello,
we may all agree that the maintenance of some (many?) packages in Debian
is in a unclear situation. There is a transient state, where people are
interested to bring a package in shape but the strong role of a package
maintainer in Debian effectively blocks any commitment beyond fixing
impor
* Arno Töll , 2012-09-28, 18:48:
Packages being marked as orphaned, or those being up for adoption can
be immediately taken over.
If a package is RFA-ed (as opposed to O-ed), the maintainer retains all
the usual privileges, including the right to decide who will take over
the package (if anyo
Hi Arno,
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 06:48:22PM +0200, Arno Töll wrote:
> Actual proposal follows:
The proposal adds a new procedure that overlaps/bypasses existing procedures.
We have discussed that before in this thread :
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/07/msg00540.html
What we essentia
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 07:47:54PM +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> * Arno Töll , 2012-09-28, 18:48:
> >Packages being marked as orphaned, or those being up for adoption
> >can be immediately taken over.
>
> If a package is RFA-ed (as opposed to O-ed), the maintainer retains
> all the usual privileges,
Hi Jakub,
On 28.09.2012 19:47, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> * Arno Töll , 2012-09-28, 18:48:
>> Packages being marked as orphaned, or those being up for adoption can
>> be immediately taken over.
>
> If a package is RFA-ed (as opposed to O-ed), the maintainer retains all
> the usual privileges, including
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 06:00:03PM +, Bart Martens wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 07:47:54PM +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> > * Arno Töll , 2012-09-28, 18:48:
> > >Packages being marked as orphaned, or those being up for adoption
> > >can be immediately taken over.
> > If a package is RFA-ed (as
On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:00:03 +
Bart Martens wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 07:47:54PM +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> > * Arno Töll , 2012-09-28, 18:48:
> > >Packages being marked as orphaned, or those being up for adoption
> > >can be immediately taken over.
> >
> > If a package is RFA-ed
* Arno Töll [120928 18:48]:
> Reasons to salvage a package
>
> The package is in clear need of some love and care, i.e. there are open
> bugs, missing upstream releases, or there is work needed from a
> quality-assurance perspective; AND there is the need
Hi,
On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:48:22 +0200
Arno Töll wrote:
> Salvaging a package
> =
>
> Salvaging is the process by which, one attempts to save a package from a
> state where it is poorly maintained or appears not maintained at all,
> without being officially orphaned. This is
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