Re: DD(s) to help DM land some long-overdue package updates?
Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> wrote on 01/01/2022 at 20:52:15+0100:
> On Sat, 1 Jan 2022 at 19:48, Boyuan Yang <byang@debian.org> wrote:
>>
>> That being said, while providing a list onto debian-devel is not a bad idea,
>> https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.en.html#package-salvaging
>> should be the correct choice. For a specific example, I just spotted
>> https://bugs.debian.org/961136 the second time (last time back in May 2020);
>> let me know if you would like to initiate a package salvaging process on this
>> certain package and I can help.
>
> Thanks very much for the pointer! I was not aware of this process. It
> might be appropriate for me, I guess, but I'd still need DD help.
I suggest this path:
Send bug reports with your debdiff proposals for each package. If 8 days
after you get no reply from the maintainer, file an ITS against the
packages for which you got no reply.
If at the end of the process, the ITS pass, I'll make your uploads
after reviewing the changes.
Cheers,
--
PEB
Both as a DD and as a MIA team member.
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