On Thu, Oct 02, 2025 at 08:57:57AM -0400, Archisman Panigrahi wrote:
It cannot be an ITA because the package is not up for adoption. You are hijacking the package, unless you have a prior agreement with the current maintainer, which you need to provide.I'm sorry, all I really want is to get the updated package to Debian. I have no intention to take over the current maintainers position
You explicitly changed the Maintainer field from the current maintainer to yourself in your upload, not to mention what does "ITA" mean.
I am not very familiar with all the rules of how Debian packages are managed. Could you please explain what I should do in this case if I just want to get the package updated?
As you already have a wishlist bug open, your main option is to wait patiently until the maintainer reacts.
If not ITA, can it be an NMU?
Technically it can be a NMU. Whether that's a good idea, and whether anyone will sponsor such a NMU, are bigger questions. Make sure you've read https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.en.html#non-maintainer-uploads-nmus in its entirety before following it.
Should I create a different bug reportagainst `sponsorship-requests` for that?
I wouldn't recommend creating such a NMU, at least now. -- WBR, wRAR
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