On Thu, 2016-04-07 at 15:29 +0200, Enrico Zini wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 07, 2016 at 02:23:42PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> Definitely. But we still seem to have a few overly-territorial
> > people
> > failing to maintain their packages. Not 100% sure what to do about
> > that, as that same subset of developers are also not likely to read
> > threads on d-devel.
> I'd say:
>
> 1. get DAM to say that we wouldn't close your account if you did it
> following a given set of steps (like, at least a successful NMU
> with
> no reaction, and the salvaging NMU uploaded in the maximum
> delayed
> queue and notified [how?])
> 2. document it (a d-d-a post, a bit in developers-reference)
> 3. do it
For the notification in (1), I would guess filing a "intend to adopt"
bug against the package (not against wnpp) should be enough? The
maintainer would get that mail. The mail should state that one wants
to adopt the package in case there are no objections in ${N} days.
How the adoption happens (upload to DELAYED/${N}-day or manual upload
after ${N} days) is an implementation detail and shouldn't matter.
In case of disagreements on the question whether the package needs a
new maintainer or not, the bug could be referred to the tech-ctte.
Ansgar
