On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 4:22 AM, Joshua Dobiac <[email protected]>wrote:
> I was installing a package that was out-of-date, but I'm not sure how to > contact the package manager to update it. A search for the package reveals > that it has already been flagged as out-of-date. > > Basically, what I want to know is: if the package maintainer is not > updating the package, is there a way to resubmit the package with an update > or otherwise take over management of the package? I don't want to step on > anyone's toes and it's a small fix, but it's a pain to have an install fail > and then have to find the problem and fix it and I'd like help anyone else > (though the universe of individuals is probably 2) who might try to use the > package in the future. > > Best Regards, > > Joshua Dobiac > At first, could you tell us which package is it ? Second, you can press the contributor's name and find his/hers email address. You can contact them this way OR/AND you can add a comment on the package's comment area and [possibly] the contributor will see it. If the contributor answers, it's OK. If you can't find him, in any way, for days, you could ask a TU to orphan it so that you could adopt it and then update it. Making a new package for an existing one, that's not the best way to do it :) Regards, Panos Filip
