Re: [SUMMARY/PROPOSAL] Orphaning another maintainer's packages

[Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>]

On 10/24/2012 11:55 AM, Bart Martens wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 01:40:16PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > > I fear a bit the situation "nobody care enough to comment", being
> > > interpreted as lack of consensus. But I do think in that case we should
> > > _eventually_ allow the orphaning to happen (after all 1/0>  3/1 ACK/NACK
> > > </joke>).
> > > Any suggestion on how to word that properly, without adding yet another
> > > timeout rule carved in stone?
> > I disagree on this point.  If you can't get anyone to ack that you should go
> > ahead with the orphaning, then the system is not working as designed and
> > consensus has not been achieved.  It's then incumbent on the person looking
> > to orphan the package to rattle the cage and get developers to pay
> > attention.
> I agree with Steve on this.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bart Martens
So, what will you do if:
- previous maintainer goes MIA
- Somebody wants to hija^W salvage the package and starts the procedure
- Nobody votes for this to happen...

Should we then leave the package forever unmaintained?
I don't think this is reasonable...

Thomas