Bug#969918: RFS: mtd-utils/1:2.1.2-0.1 [NMU] -- Memory Technology Device Utilities
On Sat, 19 Sep 2020 16:50:19 +0200 Bastian Germann <bastiangermann@fishpost.de>
wrote:
> Am 19.09.20 um 16:37 schrieb Tobias Frost:
> > On Tue, Sep 08, 2020 at 10:32:08PM +0200, Bastian Germann wrote:
> >> Package: sponsorship-requests
> >> Severity: normal
> >>
> >
> >> Changes since the last upload:
> >>
> >> mtd-utils (1:2.1.2-0.1) unstable; urgency=medium
> >> .
> >> [ Bastian Germann ]
> >> * Non-maintainer upload.
> >> * Import new upstream version (Closes: #965155, #716414)
> >> * Use arch:linux-any (Closes: #745187)
> >> * Add d/watch with pubkey
> >> * d/copyright: Convert to DEP-5
> >> * d/copyright: Add new copyrights for 2.1.2
> >> * Revert "lib*-dev: Don't include private kernel header"
> >> * lib*-dev: Mark Multi-Arch: same (Closes: #965213)
> >> .
> >> [ Balint Reczey ]
> >> * Ignore test results on architectures where tests are not known to pass
> >> .
> >> [ Debian Janitor ]
> >> * Trim trailing whitespace.
> >> * Bump debhelper from deprecated 9 to 12.
> >> * Set debhelper-compat version in Build-Depends.
> >> * Drop unnecessary dependency on dh-autoreconf.
> >> * Drop unnecessary dh arguments: --parallel
> >> * Update standards version to 4.5.0, no changes needed.
> >
> > Those are quite a few changes for an NMU, I fear they are bit too much [1].
> > The maintainer has been recently active (albeith on other packages)…
> >
> > Did you talk to the maintainer about the changes? Maybe you should join
> > efforts with Riku?
> >
> > [1]
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.html#when-and-how-to-do-an-nmu
> >
>
> Unfortunately, Riku did not respond to any of the referenced bugs, all
> of which are reported for quite some time.
>
OK. Seems to be a strange case. He sponsored your last NMU [1] and you hadn't
have a conversation?
As said, you should bundle efforts.
If there is no reaction, you can try to follow the ITS process [2].
[1] according to tracker.d.o:
[2020-07-06] Accepted mtd-utils 1:2.1.1-1.1 (source arm64) into unstable,
unstable (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Riku Voipio)
[2]
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.en.html#package-salvaging
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tobi
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