On Wednesday, April 18, 2012 04:57:14 PM Thomas Goirand wrote: > On 04/18/2012 08:27 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote: > > If a maintainer isn't (capable of) doing the necessary work on a > > package themselves, then after a while the best thing they can do is > > admit that and cede control to others. It's not an easy thing to admit > > "failure" like this, but it's better to do it for the good of our > > users and other developers than to continue blocking people. It's also > > better for the developer involved to get away from the feelings of > > guilt they may be having about not keeping up. There's no shame in > > admitting a lack of time on a big volunteer project, we all understand > > how this works... > > This isn't aimed at the WINE maintainers (I didn't read the bug report, > and I don't really care about this package) but... > > what can we do if the maintainer doesn't admit his lack of time or his > lack of skills/knowledge? My understanding is that in Debian, we are > stuck, right? I believe that was the message of Chris: we don't really > have procedures to take over a package, others than convincing the > maintainer. A couple of times I've said "It looks like you could use some help. Would you like me to co-maintain with you?" and have generally gotten a positive response. If it's put in terms of "Looks like you're busy, I can help" and not "You suck and should be fired so I can take over" people seem to be pretty open to it. Scott K
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