Re: How to adopt a package
On Feb 07, Carsten Leonhardt wrote:
> I want to adopt a package (zile). It's listed as orphaned in the
> wnpp. I already mailed to wnpp and the former maintainer a bit more
> than a week ago (just after the last update of the wnpp on the web, it
> seems), but got no reactions. The former maintainer orphaned it in
> January 1999 (see
> http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-devel-9901/msg02375.html).
If it's orphaned according to WNPP, all you have to do is email WNPP
saying you adopt it, and then upload a new version.
> Now, I surely can't just upload the package pretending to be the new
> maintainer?
Actually, you can. Modify debian/control to list yourself as the
maintainer and *presto* it will work (the BTS and other things may
take a few days to pick up the change, though).
Chris
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