About proposing and monitoring backports

[rent0n <rent0n@gmx.com>]

Dear all,

First of all, thank you for working on backports, it's a great resource 
for the Debian community.

I've got a couple of questions about the backporting process in Debian 
and I can't find the answers on the backports website.

- How are packages proposed to be backported? Should I just drop an 
email to this list saying  "Please backport $package" or is there a 
better way?
- Is there a place where I can look to see what packages the backporters 
are currently working on, in order to avoid repeated requests for the 
same packages?

Thanks and keep up the good work!

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rent0n