Re: Bug#280208: O: qmailadmin
Yes, I have been packaging my own qmailadmin. If it is OK, I will
MMU that.
Bao
On Mon, November 8, 2004 1:33 am, Jeroen van Wolffelaar said:
> On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 03:39:54AM +0100, Christer Mjellem Strand wrote:
>> It would seem this package needs to be orphaned. There has been no
>> apparent work done on it since it's initial release over a year ago,
>> even though there have been many upstream releases since then. New
>> upstream versions would also close all currently reported bugs, and
>> yet the package hasn't been upgraded, ref. #235778 & #242806
>>
>> Can you check up on the maintainer to see if he's still interested?
>
> Of course, but such a request is not done by just orphaning his package,
> but by asking on debian-qa, for example.
>
> Only orphan a package _after_ you've concluded the maintainer shows no
> reaction. It's also polite to at least cc the maintainer when you orphan
> his package, so he knows you've done so, in stead of only when someone
> goes to much efforts to take it over, and then discovers it's an hijack
> after all.
>
> In the past, the maintainer wrote:
> | I have a 1.2.1 package, but it doesn't compile. Nor does the one at
> | http://www.rnd-software.com/debian/ for that matter.
>
> If someone interested in qmail wants to NMU the package towards the
> newest version, he is hereby invited to do so. Sam, please let us know
> when you've got time again to look after your packages.
>
> --Jeroen
>
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