Re: Tool to orphan packages

[Peter Palfrader <weasel@debian.org>]

On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Martin Michlmayr wrote:

> The current maintainer of cplay, Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>,
> is apparently not active anymore.  Therefore, I orphan this package
- now.  If you want to be the new maintainer, please take it -- retitle
- this bug from 'O:' to 'ITA:', fix the outstanding bugs and upload a
- new version with your name in the Maintainer: field and a
- 
-    * New maintainer (Closes: #thisbug)
- 
- in the changelog so this bug is closed.
+ now. If you want to be the new maintainer, please take it -- see
+ http://yet.to.be.written.or.somewhere.at.wnpp/

I'ld prefer to not explicitly list any procedure in the bug report it
self as the procedure to follow may change in the future (it already has
at least once). 


> Justification:
> 
> developer is lame

the script and idea certainly isn't.

					yours,
					peter
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