scripsit Neil Williams: > (Something I do myself - rough and ready packages that are nowhere > near release, but the patches always go to the BTS.) > > The only reason to upload packages to mentors.debian.net is to request > sponsoring - if your changes are just patches and not a request to > take over or start maintenance of the package yourself then all I can > say is that you made the wrong choice. I see no need to upload the > package anywhere, the BTS is quite sufficient for patches, NMU's or > any other change to a package where the maintainer of the package is > not going to change. I stand corrected. I will avoid such use in future. > Doesn't the Games Team have a team packaging mailing list? Yes. I mailed their devel list as well as mentors in the post to which you just replied, but you cut them out of your response for some reason. [snip] > Generally, patches to the BTS are the established way and for good > reason. Getting patches back out of a .diff.gz is not nice, it isn't > regarded as being helpful; it is regarded as being obtuse, awkward or > just plain mistaken. Just think that not everyone prepares or handles > patches as you do in the package so prising each patch out of the > whole .diff.gz is usually a complete waste of time. There is a reason > why Policy specifies that patches are uploaded to the BTS and that > they reside there for some time period before an upload. > > > Again, I'm sorry about the confusion. I'm just trying to be helpful :) > > I'd suggest sticking to multiple patches to multiple bugs next time. > Saves a lot of hassle. Honest. Understood. Thanks for the constructive response; this is very helpful. -- Thanasis Kinias Doctoral Candidate, Department of History, and Instructor, Professional Enhancement Programs Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A. . Je ne viens d'aucun pays, d'aucune cité, d'aucune tribu. Je suis fils de la route, ma patrie est caravane, et ma vie la plus inattendue des traversées. -- Amin Maalouf, _Léon l'Africain_
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