Re: miscfiles NMU?
On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 11:22:33PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> The nmu you (Wolfgang Sourdeau) just did of miscfiles was
> inappropriate.
>
> None of these were release critical.
C'mon, you've got bugs in there from over 2 years ago, with patches. You
haven't made an upload in nearly two years. Despite the bugs not being RC,
it would be nice to have packages with as few bugs in them as possible in
the upcoming release.
> You must attempt to contact the developer of a package,
Wolfgang did not make any attempt to contact you at your Maintainer:
address? I'll agree that is inappropriate.
> and NMU's are
> not appropriate without permission for anything less than a serious
> bug.
Maintain your packages so there's no need for an NMU for anything less than
serious severity.
> Revert the NMU immediately.
Upload a new version of your own. That'll override the NMU.
- Matt
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