Re: DEP1: how to do an NMU
On 31/05/08 at 20:41 +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> On Saturday 31 May 2008, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> > * Have you clearly expressed your intention to NMU, at least on the
> > BTS? Has the maintainer been notified of it? It is also a good
> > idea to try to contact the maintainer by other means (private
> > email, IRC)
>
> IMO private mail is the wrong way to do this if the intention to NMU has
> already been registered in the BTS. Maintainers can be expected to read
> BTS mails for their packages [1]. Sending a private mail is not something
> I would ever do I think.
I agree with you, but several people mentioned that it would be nice to
try to contact the maintainer directly. This change was a "I don't really
care, let's make those people happy"-change.
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