Re: Upstream author wants maintainer
Hi keven I am in about the same position as Robert is. I have two packages
on
my site http:/www.hurontel.on.ca/~barryp/menu-mysql.
I have lots of time so I would be willing to help Robert's packages
along. hopefully saving you a lot of work as a mainter
Barry Pollock
On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Kevin Rosenberg wrote:
> Robert Allan Kiesling wrote:
> > Instead of going through the process of becoming a registered
> > package maintainer, I would like to know if there's an existing
> > Debian maintainer that would like to maintain a package or two.
> > Much of the work involves installing vendor libraries for Perl
> > and a lot of MySQL installation - I've actually built one .DEB
> > package, and it would be definitely better to find a maintainer
> > who's worked with Perl.
>
> I'm willing to review your packages and possibly maintain them
>
> > If you think I would be better off going through the new maintainer
> > process myself, I can also do that, but the process seems quite
> > closed to me.
>
> As an application manager, I think the process is quite open. However,
> it is a significant amount of work. If your only goal is to get a few
> a your upstream packages into the Debian, then finding a maintainer is
> a reasonable choice.
>
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