Re: [PROPOSAL v2] Orphaning another maintainer's packages
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 09:32:40AM +0100, Svante Signell wrote:
> How to solve the following problem: Assume a package with wishlist bugs
> filed lagging behind upstream and the maintainer refuses to package any
> newer upstream, not even into experimental. And in general there is an
> interest (from several people) in having the new upstream versions
> packaged. Can this package become salvaged in some way by the ITS/ITO
> procedure? I think this is a rather common case, a cautious maintainer
> and some more adventurous salvagers.
Can you give a few examples, if this is "a rather common case" ?
Sometimes there are good reasons to not package a newer upstream release, see
for example bugs 672568 and 687690. Sometimes the maintainer is simply gone,
see for example bug 671890.
Regards,
Bart Martens
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