Bug#562157: e1000e: changing back from ITP to RFP
On 01/03/11 at 09:42 +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> On 02/19/11 19:06, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> > However, it is not recommended to keep ITP for a long time without acting on
> > the package, as it might cause other prospective maintainers to refrain from
> > packaging that software.
>
> Actually, what causes prospective maintainers to refrain from packaging
> that software, is when their packaging is ignored for 14 months and then
> the ticket changed from ITP to RFP.
>
> The original packaging is still available at
>
> http://ray.starjuice.net/e1000e/e1000e_1.1.2-1_i386.changes
> http://ray.starjuice.net/e1000e/e1000e_1.1.2-1.dsc
>
> There is NO point encouraging someone else to waste more effort on this,
> when no Debian developer is interested.
Did you look for a sponsor on debian-mentors@?
- Lucas
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