On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 15:01:54 +0200 Paul Gevers <elb...@debian.org> wrote:
> On 23-07-2019 12:38, Teemu Toivola wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Aug 2018 11:18:27 +0200 > > Paul Gevers <elb...@debian.org> wrote: > > > >> On 23-08-18 10:50, Christian Göttsche wrote: > >>> How soon should a new version be uploaded? > >> > >> That is fully up to you. If you upload now and the issue is fixed, the > >> package migrates A LOT faster to testing, than if you wait. > > > > as the maintainer appears to be inactive, is a NMU [1] containing the > > changes linked in the maintainer's previous message an acceptable solution > > for solving this? > > > > [1] https://mentors.debian.net/package/vnstat (no RFS has yet been sent) > > I assume you've read the NMU procedure [1]. Which part is unclear to you > in resolving the right approach for this issue? > > [1] https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch05.html#nmu Yes, I've read the dev ref. I also had a chat in #debian-mentors yesterday regarding if doing a NMU would be the correct way of proceeding in this case as I haven't done one before nor have I been active with Debian related packaging any time recently. I got pointed towards PackageSalvaging [1], the MIA team and pinging the maintainer once more. That's why in concluded it wouldn't hurt to ask here before taking any futher actions. As for the NMU, the only thing that isn't fully clear after reading the documentation is the handling of the DELAYED queue when using mentors.debian.net and the behaviour of nmudiff in that situation. Invoking nmudiff with --non-dd (which is mention in the --help output but not on the man page) results in a mail template that doesn't mention the delay anywhere. On the other hand, the template suggested by mentors.debian.net [2] looks more complete/verbose but isn't as clear that the diff file created by nmudiff/debdiff should also be attached for NMUs. Either way, is the lack of 'delay' something I'd need to worry about in this phase? -Teemu [1] https://wiki.debian.org/PackageSalvaging [2] https://mentors.debian.net/sponsors/rfs-howto/vnstat
