Re: How are packages associated with resigned debian developers handled?

[tim hall <tim@64studio.com>]

Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:

> How are packages
> maintained by developers that resign handled, and how should they be
> handled.  Personally, I believe those packages should be orphaned
> right away, to make it easier for others to take over.  

Surely that is the correct action?

> As it is now,
> one need to ask a resigned developer if it is OK to take over the
> package, and the response time might be slow.  I believe there is a
> hole in the official Debian procedures for handling resigned
> developers that do not put up all their packages for adoption, and
> suggest we come up with a procedure to handle it.
>
> CC to Matthew, to make him aware that I raise my concert on debian-qa.

Given Matthew's reasons for resigning, I think it would be respectful to 
spare him the emails and get on with putting the packages up for adoption.

cheers,

tim