Re: old ITAs

2002-01-03 Thread Adrian Bunk
On 1 Jan 2002, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > So Adrian Bunk seems to have done the last run-through of this, and > there are a number of packages for which the last mention was his "do > you really still want to adopt this?"--so, Adrian, what's the status? > I don't want to collide with your work.

Re: old ITAs

2002-01-02 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Bas Zoetekouw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I think it seems to me that the ITAers should get two weeks to confirm > > their ITA. > > Is that really necessary? It costs probably less time to just rename it > back to an ITA if a developer still want to adopt, than to respond to > your mail. Tha

Re: old ITAs

2002-01-02 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Hi Thomas! You wrote: > I think it seems to me that the ITAers should get two weeks to confirm > their ITA. Is that really necessary? It costs probably less time to just rename it back to an ITA if a developer still want to adopt, than to respond to your mail. BTW: please note that some package

Re: old ITAs

2002-01-01 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
So Adrian Bunk seems to have done the last run-through of this, and there are a number of packages for which the last mention was his "do you really still want to adopt this?"--so, Adrian, what's the status? I don't want to collide with your work.

Re: old ITAs

2002-01-01 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Bas Zoetekouw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm already working on a script that does exactly this (and more). I'ld > welcome all help though. Ok, well, I'll start on the current crop by hand, and then when the script is ready, we can give it a whirl too. > > However, two questions: > > How ol

Re: old ITAs

2002-01-01 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Hi Thomas! You wrote: > There are a number of very old ITAs on the wnpp list. Seems to me > that we should contact the developers who posted the ITAs, and if they > don't reconfirm, convert them to Os. > I'm happy to do the work. I'm already working on a script that

Re: old ITAs

2002-01-01 Thread Parag Mehta
Hi Thomas, Try poking any ITA's which are more than six months ol and give them around 15 days to respond. Again thats just my suggestion and views. That will really help other new developers like me to maintain packages that are not being maintained. if u need my help let me know. best rega

Re: old ITAs

2001-12-31 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 09:28:14PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > How old an ITA should I poke at? One year? Six months? Two weeks? > > > > My intuition says about a month. Looking at the modtime of the .log file > > on master is probably

Re: old ITAs

2001-12-31 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > How old an ITA should I poke at? One year? Six months? Two weeks? > > My intuition says about a month. Looking at the modtime of the .log file > on master is probably easier than looking at the misleading age of the > bug. Say more. Why is the l

Re: old ITAs

2001-12-31 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 09:57:00AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > There are a number of very old ITAs on the wnpp list. Seems to me > that we should contact the developers who posted the ITAs, and if they > don't reconfirm, convert them to Os. > > I'm happy to do t

old ITAs

2001-12-31 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
There are a number of very old ITAs on the wnpp list. Seems to me that we should contact the developers who posted the ITAs, and if they don't reconfirm, convert them to Os. I'm happy to do the work. However, two questions: How old an ITA should I poke at? One year? Six months?