Bug#877024: Modemmanager probing of unknown Devices
Sam Hartman writes ("Re: Bug#877024: Modemmanager probing of unknown Devices"):
> I wanted to make you aware of a status update.
> The maintainer who has been doing most of the uploads on modemmanager
> stepped down after receiving my query.
Oh.
> As a matter of process, it's not clear that there's an active maintainer
> of modemmanager. Speaking as an individual, but not as a TC member (I
> haven't talked to anyone else), I think it would be reasonable to treat
> modemmanager as a package that is under-maintained at the moment in
> which you've found a bug you care about, approaching things and
> balancing the same as you might in any similar situation.
Yes.
I think that means in this case (since there is some controversy)
explaining what I intend to do and seeing if anyone objects.
Concretely, that means that I should be thinking about uploading the
experimental upstream probing change branch to Debian experimental.
> With more of a TC hat on, I am very reluctant to rule on this issue
> without an active modemmanager maintainer. I don't think there is a
> compelling need to do so, and I don't want to rule out the possibility
> of a modemmanager maintainer coming along later and presenting an
> argument about how we should balance this issue.
> I don't think the lack of a ruling will be a blocking force at the
> current time.
I can see why the TC might want to avoid making a final ruling without
proper input from the maintainers.
But, should I upload to experimental, and later, to sid, as I have
proposed ? It's not quite clear whose permission I need. To some
people I have already overstepped the mark[1].
The dev ref says "Have you geared the NMU towards helping the
maintainer?" and it all seems rather awkward to me to claim I am
"helping the maintainer" when AFAICT the maintainers are quite
unenthusiastic about these proposals.
I would welcome a decision by the TC (or informal comments, for that
matter) saying simply that they think it would be appropriate for me
to do those uploads.
Thanks,
Ian.
[1] Apparently referring the matter to the TC a mere 5 years after
the maintainers rejected changing the behaviour is too hasty. I
accept of course that the way I recently brought my renewed awareness
of this problem to the attention of the maintainers wasn't ideal.
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