2007/10/16, Ana Guerrero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I guess I'm being a bit the advocate of the Devil here, but isn't that > > as invasive of their privacy as having direct access to the MIA > > database? :P XD > > > > No, a mia-query contains private information, stuff like: "started a new job > promised work again in his/her packages soon". It is not exaclty the same that > tell you whether this maintainer is already being tracked. > Another option is sent a mail to mia AT qa.debian.org stating why you think > this > maintainer is MIA, and the mia team will track if needed.
Then, back to the original proposal, wouldn't it make sense to have a public binary database stating if a person is MIA or not and just that info? It might be quite useful to us, non-DDs, it won't invade anyone's privacy and I don't think it would be difficult to implement. Greetings, Miry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]