Hi Jakub, On 28.09.2012 19:47, Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Arno Töll <arno@debian.org>, 2012-09-28, 18:48: >> Packages being marked as orphaned, or those being up for adoption can >> be immediately taken over. > > If a package is RFA-ed (as opposed to O-ed), the maintainer retains all > the usual privileges, including the right to decide who will take over > the package (if anyone). You are right. Maybe I should have been less lazy and expand the sentence. I meant to say say that packages being up for adoption (RFA) can be adopted without waiting for a transitional period upon agreement with the previous maintainer who is welcoming someone else taking over. In contrast, my salvage proposal mostly works by waiting for a maintainer to oppose one's plans. That's not needed for either one, O or RFA bugs, albeit the exact procedure is slightly different for each. In any case, I do not intent to change WNPP bug handling. >> Reasons to salvage a package >> ---------------------------------------- > [...] >> * There is no visible activity regarding the package [5] for /six >> months/. > [...] >> * The last upload was an NMU and there was no maintainer upload within >> /one year/. > > Isn't the latter point redundant? Or are you saying that one can start > the "salvaging" procedure a year after an NMU _despite_ visible activity > of the maintainer? Originally not all criteria were guarded by a "if there is actually work needed" clause. There this made a difference, because I originally meant not to demand "real" (non-cosmetic) problems for the latter case. As it stands now, you are right. -- with kind regards, Arno Töll IRC: daemonkeeper on Freenode/OFTC GnuPG Key-ID: 0x9D80F36D
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