Re: RFS: new powertop version
Julian Wollrath <jwollrath@web.de> writes:
> Dear mentors,
>
> I am looking for a sponsor for a new version of the package powertop, which
> closes several bugs (e.g. bug #672555). I do this since there was no reaction
> from the maintainer regarding my patches which fix bug #672555 and would like
> to see the new version of powertop in Debian.
>
Did you know about
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/beyond-pkging.html#mia-qa
It outlines the best practices for dealing with an unresponsive
maintainer.
See also
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.html#nmu-guidelines
which discusses when and how to do non-maintainer uploads (which is what
you are proposing).
Since you probably don't have access to the mia database, I can tell you
that Patrick's last activity was in November of 2011.
You should also note that there is a release critical bug on powertop;
you should make sure your proposed upload fixes this.
d
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