On Thursday 03 February 2005 21:53, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Say you find a bug in a package what do you do? > > You check bugs.debian.org for that package (probably through > reportbug). > > If that list shows you that the package is orphaned or up for adoption > you, as DD actively using that package, are much more likely to take > it over or NMU fixes yourself instead of waiting half a year for > nothing to change on a bug. > > As non DD you might start looking for a maintained alternative instead > of clinging to something orphaned. > > Having the bug show up on the package's bug list as well as wnpp > doesn't hurt anyone and I would find it easier for people to see the > state of the package. I think you can use wnpp-alert (from devscripts package) to see which package you use is orphaned and its state [O] [RFA] Cheers -- Igor Genibel «Non bene pro toto libertas venditur auro» Freedom is not sold for all the gold in the world. Dubrovnik motto
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