On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 10:28:09PM +0200, Florian Ernst wrote: > Dear QA team, > > I seek permission to adopt the package "ascii" without having recieved > positive feedback from the current maintainer as listed in the PTS > (CCed), please see <http://packages.qa.debian.org/ascii>. > > Rationale: > The package is more than two years behind upstream and hasn't seen any > bug handling for almost three years. I provided a complete update in > form of a new .diff.gz which went completely unnoted, so I announced > my ITH in the BTS. The maintainer didn't agree and claimed he'd be > uploading "RSN", but three weeks have passed since without any action > being taken. A more complete fact sheet about this maintainership can > be found in <http://bugs.debian.org/199150>. > The almost complete lack of maintainer activity strikes me as odd, for > the maintainer lists "deb package development" as one of his computer > skills in his resume. > > If you deem this hijack acceptable I'll transfer this to d-mentors, as > I'd need sponsoring for any upload, please see > <http://nm.debian.org/nmstatus.php?email=florian_ernst%40gmx.net> and > <http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?gpg_key=514B3E7C> for > further info about Debian and me. > If I may hijack and someone is interested in sponsoring: my current > state of packaging (pbuilder / lintian / linda clean) can be found at > <http://ernst.uni-hd.de/debian/ascii>. > > Sorry for the noise, but I think the current state of that package is > simply unacceptable. > You obviously want it... take it. Enjoy. --timball -- GPG key available on pgpkeys.mit.edu pub 1024D/511FBD54 2001-07-23 Timothy Lu Hu Ball <timball@tux.org> Key fingerprint = B579 29B0 F6C8 C7AA 3840 E053 FE02 BB97 511F BD54
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