On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 11:13:39AM +0400, Dmitry E. Oboukhov wrote: > >> There was (he doesn't maintain anything now) a maintainer who uploaded > >> his packages using me (and some other DDs) as a sponsor [4]. > >> Not long ago he had a conflict with ftp-team [1]. As a result one of > >> his packages was removed from Debian [2] and Ubuntu [3]. It becomes > >> clear that he disagrees with DFSG. So I've asked him to orphan all his > >> packages. He said that he wouldn't do anything and he confirmed again > >> that he disagrees with DFSG totally. > >> I think that all his packages should be orphaned. Could You do that? > >> 1. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=610257 > >> 2. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=610300 > >> 3. https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+question/141763 > >> 4. http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=ivan1986@list.ru > SL> You say that Ivan is no longer maintaining any of these packages. It seems > SL> to me that these packages are therefore already de facto orphaned, and there > SL> is no dispute here that needs the Technical Committee to rule. Can you > SL> confirm that this is the case? > SL> If you are certain that Ivan is not interested in maintaining these > SL> packages, it's ok for you to orphan them directly by filing bugs against the > SL> 'wnpp' pseudopackage. > The key point is he disagrees DFSG. > He said that he could continue to maintain but he disagreed DFSG so > he wouldn't do anything to fix license issues etc. So I and the other > his sponsor (jackyf) don't want to check his packages: if a maintainer > disagrees Debian law it is no worth to check his job. I agree with you completely! I just don't think we need the full weight of the Tech Ctte to resolve this. :) If you need further intervention from us, please let us know. For my part, I expect that Alexander's orphaning will be sufficient. > He also said that he doesn't use Debian anymore. Now he trolls in > debian-russian@ on the subject. If he's abusing the mailing list, you can of course report this to listmaster@lists.debian.org. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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