Hi Félix,
On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 11:18:36PM +0100, Félix Sipma wrote:
> I think I won't have time to work on this soon, so my changes won't be for
> stretch anyway. I propose to try to fix the issues you mentioned in your
> previous email, and to start the MIA process. At what step of
> https://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/MIATeam should I start? Is it possible to
> start at "Suggest orphaning" with a mail to Jose and the MIA team in Cc:?
You've reached a MIA team member already, so there is no action required from
your side, I'll take over from here.
(And, no, sorry, we cannot cut corners on the process; the process as is has been
established for reasons)
> I hope you Jose will be able to answer in the meantime, that will of course be
> the easiest!
Indeed, Jose, let me again appeal to you for an quick answer.. This will save
several people lots of work.
Another option which has been proposed in similar cases by the MIA team in the past*,
if you're like to (co-)maintain rdup:
- Announce on the BTS that you'll like to be Co-Maintainer of the package.
- Wait for a at least 2 weeks for a reply; After a week, write a ping.
if there isn't an answer, go on...
- Prepare an NMU according to the rules (see dev-ref; let me hint you again
that it "must only fix bugs!")
- Add yourself as Uploader in this NMU
- Announce the NMU on the BTS, target: DELAYED/15. The announcement must be
very clear about that you're adding yourself as co-maintainer and explictily
stress that this will happen if there is no response. Give that information
also to the bug you have filed earlier. (It must be crystal clear what the
intentions are)
- Upload to DELAYED/15. (Any intervention by the maintainer will lead to
cancelation of the upload.)
- After it has entered the archives, you're comaintainer and can act accordingly.
- The MIA process will then run in parallel and depending on the result we will
either ask you to remove Jose as maintainer or his maintainer status will be
confirmed. He might also ask you to hand back the package to you, (you'll then
to follow then)
* Example: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=836008, even if that
one went never live.
Please note that this is procedure is non-standard and is considering the
circumstances of this particular potential-MIA case.
But as the Stretch window has closed, so I suggest to just wait for the MIA
process to be completed. If you still want to pursuit it, uploads will have to
go to experimental anyway.
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> Félix
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tobi (MIA team member)