Re: Backport for youtube-dl
I must admit I hadn't read everything (now I have). I am quite new to
the Debian world and I created these packages for my own use and then
thought I would share them but obviously didn't take the time to do it
correctly, sorry.
However, I enjoyed creating these packages so I will do it more
seriously the next time.
Regards,
Le 14/03/2014 09:26, Micha Lenk a écrit :
> Hi Pierre,
>
> On 13.03.2014 19:29, Pierre Rudloff wrote:
>>> Did you already contact upstream whether they are willing to
>>> review and sponsor your proposed upload?
>>
>> No, the Contribute <http://backports.debian.org/Contribute/> page said I
>> should ask for review on this mailing list, so here I am.
>
> Yes, that is correct. I just asked because contacting the maintainer of
> the backported package is mentioned as best practice on the very same
> page. Obviously my question above does not in any way oblige them to
> review and sponsor your upload. Informing and asking them is just a
> thing that I would do *before* asking for a review/upload on the
> backports mailinglist. Just because it is a good thing to keep others
> informed about stuff that likely matters for them.
>
> By the way, did you read the other best practice hints too? They are
> indeed worth reading, and I definitely recommend to follow them.
>
> Cheers,
> Micha
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