Bug#202416: NMU/QA patch for developers reference

[Matthew Palmer <mpalmer@debian.org>]

tag 202416 +patch
thanks

I've worked up a patch (attached) which asks developers to check
qa.debian.org/orphaned.html, and change the Maintainer if appropriate on an
NMU.  Any improvements to wording gratefully accepted.

I intend on making a larger patch which builds on this one, talking about
the best practices for QA uploads, also.

- Matt

--- common.ent.orig	Thu Apr  3 05:52:35 2003
+++ common.ent	Sat Jul 26 20:08:42 2003
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 <!entity url-buildd "http://buildd.debian.org/";>
 <!entity url-lintian "http://lintian.debian.org/";>
 <!entity url-debian-qa "http://qa.debian.org/";>
+<!entity url-debian-qa-orphaned "http://qa.debian.org/orphaned.html";>
 <!entity url-debian-db "https://db.debian.org/";>
 <!entity url-debian-db-login "https://db.debian.org/login.html";>
 <!entity url-debian-db-mail-gw "http://db.debian.org/doc-mail.html";>
--- developers-reference.sgml.orig	Mon Jun 16 18:08:56 2003
+++ developers-reference.sgml	Sat Jul 26 20:08:42 2003
@@ -2934,7 +2934,13 @@
 Debian maintainer, talk to the upstream maintainer, or submit a bug.
 However, aesthetic changes must <em>not</em> be made in a non-maintainer
 upload.
-
+	<p>
+Unless you know the maintainer is still active, it is wise to check the
+package to see if it has been orphaned.  The current list of orphaned
+packages which haven't had their maintainer set correctly is available at
+<url id="&url-debian-qa-orphaned;">.  If you perform an NMU on an improperly
+orphaned package, please set the maintainer to ``Debian QA Group
+&lt;packages@qa.debian.org&gt;''.
 
 	<sect2 id="nmu-version">Source NMU version numbering
 	  <p>