Patrick Schoenfeld <schoenfeld@in-medias-res.com> (16/10/2007): > I see that there was some time between bug posting and preparing the > NMU, so this part of the process is as normal. But is there a specific > reason to upload to DELAYED/5 instead of DELAYED/7 how the developers > reference says? Is there some of those times where NMU-rules are > relaxed, as it is from times to times? Or is there another reason I > don't know? The rules defined in [1] applied. And instead of pinging the maintainer, waiting, and then uploading (to DELAYED/0), it looked like (after talking with DDs during the BSP I mentioned) that DELAYED/n was a good means of notifying the maintainer, through the nmudiff sent to the bug, making the patch publicly visible, as well as the status of the bug (patch & pending tags), and letting the maintainer the time to react. 1. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2007/09/msg00000.html Then, depending on the maintainer being apparently MIA, or maybe-MIA (asked on #-qa, or given the QA page of the maintainers), n might vary a bit. Some clearly unmaintained-for-ages packages were uploaded to DELAYED/2 whereas others were uploaded to DELAYED/5 or DELAYED/7 (e.g. for parted, aptitude). Regards, -- Cyril Brulebois
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