No response from official maintainer
Dear mentors!
Recently I started a conversation about uploading new release of
buildbot package with a lot of changes in the Debian part of the
package too (http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2010/08/msg00258.html).
Since the package has an official maintainer who uploads his work on
other packages periodically I was considered as the one who hijacked
the package (http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2010/08/msg00268.html).
I've sent private message to the official maintainer as well since
that time but still with no response.
I'd like to know what steps should be done so I could work on this
package in future without being misunderstood.
That conversation also showed me some things on Debian release
management I didn't know about
(http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2010/08/msg00264.html). I
understood that the package cannot be uploaded to unstable since it
could pass to testing just with the flow of time without any humanity
checks. But I know nothing concerning upload to experimental branch
and its policy. Can you advice any documents or other information
sources on these policies concerning approving huge changes in the
package structure?
Another question I am worried about is a quality of my solution made
in the package. I believe it is not bad but I feel there's could be
better ways to do that. Can you please advice where I can discuss my
solution and the way to improve them?
Currently I participate in the buildbot project and I hope I can
improve the software as well as it's representation in Debian.
--
with best regards, Andriy Senkovych
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