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Re: Packages still using /usr/doc in unstable



On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 07:47:21AM -0500, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> Just how hard is it to send me a message when you want to work on one of
> my packages? I'm not saying you need my permission in a reply in order to
> make the upload, just that you inform me, personally, that you are working
> on my package. If you fail to do this, your fix stands an excelent chance
> of being overwritten by my next release.
> 
> Keeping the maintainer in the dark is pointless. Suggesting that a bug
> report from the NMUer is the right thing to do would be ok except that
> none of the NMUs made against my packages in the past ever submitted such
> a report.
> 
> What's so difficult about droping the maintianer an e-mail?

Well, the developers-reference is the canonical source for information about
NMUs, and it says:

]      Maintainers other than the official package maintainer should make as
]      few changes to the package as possible, and they should always send a
]      patch as a unified context diff (`diff -u') detailing their changes to
]      the Bug Tracking System.

Not telling the maintainer one way or another what changes you've made if
you make an NMU is officially nutz.

Cheers,
aj

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