On Sat, 19 Sep 2020 16:50:19 +0200 Bastian Germann <bastiangerm...@fishpost.de> wrote: > Am 19.09.20 um 16:37 schrieb Tobias Frost: > > On Tue, Sep 08, 2020 at 10:32:08PM +0200, Bastian Germann wrote: > >> Package: sponsorship-requests > >> Severity: normal > >> > > > >> Changes since the last upload: > >> > >> mtd-utils (1:2.1.2-0.1) unstable; urgency=medium > >> . > >> [ Bastian Germann ] > >> * Non-maintainer upload. > >> * Import new upstream version (Closes: #965155, #716414) > >> * Use arch:linux-any (Closes: #745187) > >> * Add d/watch with pubkey > >> * d/copyright: Convert to DEP-5 > >> * d/copyright: Add new copyrights for 2.1.2 > >> * Revert "lib*-dev: Don't include private kernel header" > >> * lib*-dev: Mark Multi-Arch: same (Closes: #965213) > >> . > >> [ Balint Reczey ] > >> * Ignore test results on architectures where tests are not known to pass > >> . > >> [ Debian Janitor ] > >> * Trim trailing whitespace. > >> * Bump debhelper from deprecated 9 to 12. > >> * Set debhelper-compat version in Build-Depends. > >> * Drop unnecessary dependency on dh-autoreconf. > >> * Drop unnecessary dh arguments: --parallel > >> * Update standards version to 4.5.0, no changes needed. > > > > Those are quite a few changes for an NMU, I fear they are bit too much [1]. > > The maintainer has been recently active (albeith on other packages)… > > > > Did you talk to the maintainer about the changes? Maybe you should join > > efforts with Riku? > > > > [1] https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.html#when-and-how-to-do-an-nmu > > > > Unfortunately, Riku did not respond to any of the referenced bugs, all > of which are reported for quite some time. > OK. Seems to be a strange case. He sponsored your last NMU [1] and you hadn't have a conversation?
As said, you should bundle efforts. If there is no reaction, you can try to follow the ITS process [2]. [1] according to tracker.d.o: [2020-07-06] Accepted mtd-utils 1:2.1.1-1.1 (source arm64) into unstable, unstable (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Riku Voipio) [2] https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.en.html#package-salvaging -- tobi
