Re: Handing over readseq
> On Fri, 22 Nov 2002 14:07, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > I just hand over the readseq package to Michael Schmitz. He is obviousely
> > much more competent to maintain the package than me. We agreed not to
> > go the bureocratic orphan and adopt. The next upload will just come from
> > Michael.
>
> Why so formal?
Just to cover all bases. I was too lazy to bother reading up documentation
or policy :-)
> When I'm doing such package chang-over's it's generally just arranged through
> private mail and the rest of the world learns about it through the changelog.
>
> IMHO an arranged take-over like that requires no special announcements. We
> assume that the maintainer is good enough to find an equally skilled person
> to take over the package and therefore there is no reason for anyone to
> complain.
This being Debian, people always complain. There might well be a more
skilled person to take over that package, after all.
Michael
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