Re: packages.

[sr1@irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (Sven Rudolph)]

In article <[🔎] m0u6fny-0002DaC@plato.simons-rock.edu> "James A. Robinson" <jimr@simons-rock.edu> writes:

> I orphaned ifrench and igerman a _long_ time ago, 

I didn't know this ...

> what is the
> procedure for changing a package bug's "owner" to "orphan" or
> something?  

When you send me a mail that a package is orphaned, I make an entry in
a file that is used by the bug report summary scripts.

(from `Work-Needing and Prospective Packages for Debian GNU/Linux')

  2.  Packages that have no current maintainer

  Packages listed in this section are still part of Debian (unless they
  have too many bugs), but the maintainer had reasons to not continue
  maintaining it. (Remember: Debian is mainly produced by volunteers who
  are not paid for maintaining Debian packages.)

  If you find that you need to discontinue maintaining a package, send
  me an e-mail.

  If you believe that the following list is incomplete, i.e., that there
  are other packages in the Debian distribution that currently have no
  active maintainer, send me an e-mail.

  If you would like to maintain one of the packages listed here, send me
  an e-mail.


	Sven
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