Bug#341568: please also document why MIA and that Jeroen will add people to alias
[Not sure if Jeroen was following this bug any more, so added to Cc]
On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 19:00 -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 11:02:36PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote:
> > * Justin Pryzby (justinpryzby@users.sourceforge.net) [060120 15:59]:
> > > In the past, the developers reference has said something to the effect
> > > of "mail debian-qa or debian-devel with possibly mia developers".
> > > But, on IRC Jeroen pointed out that this could lead to googling for
> > > that developer coming up with a to hit of "Is [he] MIA?", and since
> > > people might object to that, Jeroen prefers for MIA pings to go to the
> > > "private" mia@ alias, since it isn't publically indexed (by google).
> >
> > Can you please check if the web version of the d-r at
> > http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-beyond-pkging.en.html#s-mia-qa
> > is ok for you?
> Am I waiting for another cvs commit? The version I see doesn't
> document Jeroen's concerns. Too, it says "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.", but that is inconsistent
> with what I want it to say..
The change to the paragraph that now reads "[o]nce you have gathered all
of this, you can contact mia@qa.debian.org [...]" was however agreed by
Jeroen, as can be seen by his addition of the confirmed tag.
Yes, the paragraph mentioning -devel could probably do with tweaking as
well.
Adam
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