Hi, it seems that there are problems with section 7.4 of the developers reference[0]. At the moment the devref says: "One big problem are packages which were sponsored - the maintainer is not an official Debian developer. The echelon information is not available for sponsored people, for example, so you need to find and contact the Debian developer who has actually uploaded the package. Given that they signed the package, they're responsible for the upload anyhow, and should know what happened to the person they sponsored. It is also allowed to post a query to debian-devel@lists.debian.org, asking if anyone is aware of the whereabouts of the missing maintainer." The problem seems to be that people don't know when to ask debian-devel and when not. What about changing this like: - It is also allowed to post a query to debian-devel@lists.debian.org, - asking if anyone is aware of the whereabouts of the missing maintainer." + If they are not, consider to post a query to debian-devel@lists.debian.org, + asking if anyone is aware of the whereabouts of the missing maintainer." Opinions? Kind regards Nico [0] http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-beyond-pkging.en.html#s-mia-qa -- Nico Golde - http://www.ngolde.de JAB: nion@jabber.ccc.de - GPG: 0x73647CFF Forget about that mouse with 3/4/5 buttons, gimme a keyboard with 103/104/105 keys!
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