Re: virtual maintainers, old source format, and a suggestion
Larry> Send out 1 mail message per package to the maintainer of the
Larry> package, or maybe just restrict it to packages that haven't had a
Larry> new version uploaded in in the past X months. The packages which
Larry> 'fail' this ping, either through bad addresses or no response, then
Larry> can get posted to the list for reassignment. Any packages which no
Larry> one volunteers for should then be moved into contrib, since they
Larry> would not be considered maintained/supported at that point.
Excellent idea. We should implement this.
Kevin> Give the developers at least a month to respond, maybe 2 months.
Kevin> For many packages, no contact for 2 months is fine.
Not if there is work to do (open bugs, old formats, ...).
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Dirk Eddelb"uttel http://rosebud.sps.queensu.ca/~edd
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