On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:21:18 +0100 James Westby <jw+debian@jameswestby.net> wrote: > On (14/09/06 11:51), Philipp Benner wrote: > > On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:45:59 +0100 > > James Westby <jw+debian@jameswestby.net> wrote: > > > I wouldn't say that noone is responding. It is a little slow, but it > > > seems like there is work being done. > > > > > > Have you contacted the people in the report? If you wish to take over > > > you should really contact them and then either with their permission, or > > > after some time with no response, take over the ITP. > > > > I tried to contact Leo Antunes because he seems to be responsible for > > uploading the package but didn't get a response. Although no one > > responds to the question of Joshua Kwan which he posted a month ago. > > > > Well there's no record of your contact in that bug report. It's a good > idea to Cc: the bug report when you ping a maintainer so it is clear to > others what is happening. > > I would suggest you email both of the people involved and Cc: the bug > report, stating that you have packages ready and would like to upload. > Also state that if you do not hear anything in 1/2 weeks you will > upload. If you are happy for co-maintenance then say that as well. Be > aware that the two people are DD's, and so if you approach them right > they might just agree to co-maintenance and upload for you. Thanks for your help. I sent a message to the bug report. > > I would suggest having clean packages to do this though. Ask here for a > package check if you want before you do it. > > > > > > > > > I don't think that the mentioned license problems are relevant. This > > > > package includes some source files with different licenses but all are > > > > free. (See the copyright file for details) > > > > > > If the information there is accurate then it looks OK to me, but I am > > > definately not an expert. > > > > > > However I can't see a license for the Sparkle stuff for instance. > > > > You are right, but since this Sparkle stuff is not interesting for debian > > I just deleted it in the source package. > > Did you do all the things necessary for repackaging an upstream tarball? Thanks for the hint, I created a get-orig-source rule which handles the repackaging and explained what I modified in debian/README.Debian-source. > > > > > > You also assert copyright of the Debian packaging, does this mean it is > > > not based on the other packages of the software? > > > > I repackaged transmission since the other packages are not up to date and > > had some errors. > > That's fine then. > > James > > -- > James Westby -- GPG Key ID: B577FE13 -- http://jameswestby.net/ > seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!>|&7U.L#9E)Tu)T0>AM - secp256r1/nistp256 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > -- pub 1024D/EB88E930 2004-02-08 pgp.mit.edu C1A8 2BE8 7587 215D 91EB B015 A95C 3BEC EB88 E930
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