Bug#68199: saml - intent to adopt
On 23 Mar 2001, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> Colin> Hi Ian, You filed an ITA for saml a couple of months ago - I
> Colin> just noticed that it has a few release-critical bugs against it
> Colin> which are fairly easy to fix (some more architecture detection
> Colin> in debian/rules is all that's required). Will you be able to
> Colin> upload soon, or would you mind if I made a QA upload in the
> Colin> meantime to clean these up? If you'll be able to get something
> Colin> sorted out before the next bug-squashing party, say, then I
> Colin> won't need to bother.
>
> itz> Well, I still have a load of other things to look after, and I am
> itz> not an official maintainer (still getting around to do all the
> itz> things necessary for NM). So I wouldn't mind at all if you fix a
> itz> few RCs. ...
>
> Adrian> I'm wondering: - Why don't you apply at [1]? - One of the
> Adrian> things necessary for NM is the Tasks & Skills check that you
> Adrian> can do e.g. by maintaining a package. So why don't you want to
> Adrian> adopt saml now?
>
> Because I have my hands full:
>
> 1/ trying to follow unstable
> 2/ developing my own stuff, which will definitely be easier to package
> than maintaining an old package, and thus will be an easier entry
> ticket
> 3/ I don't want to apply before having these ready, because from
> reading the mailing list I know that I need a sponsor now to join
You need a package ready when you want to do packaging in Debian. But you
can:
- find a sponsor by asking for sponsorship at debian-mentors or [1].
- present the package to your AM without having a sponsor
> 4/ Looking for a Real Job (TM)
You stated more than two months ago that you want to adopt saml. When you
say yourself that you aren't working on it and that you won't work on it
in the near future then please retitle the bug back from "ITA" to "O" to
give other people that might be more interested in adopting this package
the chance to adopt it.
cu
Adrian
[1]
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