On Tue, 7 May 1996, Steffen Mueller wrote: > On Tue, 7 May 1996, Craig Sanders wrote: > > Hi Craig, > > > As an added bonus, you also get the satisfying feeling of putting > > something worthwhile back into debian! > > 8-) > > At least some preservation of config files should be done additionally > to the simple control file setup. > > > Maybe there should be an 'unsupported' directory for packages which > > have been released but don't have an active maintainer...or is this > > what 'contrib' is for? Also, allow any package in 'unsupported' can be > > adopted by anyone who takes the time to actively maintain it. > > That's okay so far but it doesn't guarantee bug maintainance. Assume all > those folks going to install some of these packages and run into > trouble.... > > No problem for the experienced user but quite annoying to all the > members of the mailing lists dealing with supported packages. > > > encourage this? Does the benefit of having lots of extra packages > > outweigh the disadvantage of having bug reports about unsupported > > packages? > > That's what really could be a problem. > > Generally packaging "unsupportet" files would be okay as long as those > packages are marked UNSUPPORTET or orpahned. If someone adopts it it can > make its way into one of the common directories with a small comment > "adopted 96xxxx by John Doe" + "Maintainer : " > > Any suggestions ? > > Greetings, > > Steffen > ----- > Steffen R.Mueller __ ___ _ _ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > NTG Netzwerk und Telematic GmbH \ \/ / (_)_ __ | | __ fax : +49 721 9652 210 > Geschaeftsbereich Xlink \ /| | | '_ \| |/ / phone: +49 721 9652 211 > Vincenz-Priessnitz-Str. 3 / \| | | | | | < RIPE : SM25-RIPE > D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany /_/\_\_|_|_| |_|_|\_\ WWW.Xlink.net/~steffen
How about a debian-hacker@ or debian-guru@ mailing list where programmers debian can all take a crack at problems as they arise for unsupported packages? I think a lot of people would contribute who otherwise don't have the flexibility/confidence to fully maintain packages... and people on the list would probably, in time, start 'graduating' into maintaining packages. [EMAIL PROTECTED] So you think you know the real meaning of fear? Yeah, you think you do know, but I doubt it. When you sit in a shelter with bombs falling all over. And the houses around you are burning like torches. I agree that you experience horror and fright For such moments are dreadful, for as long as they last, But the all-clear sounds--then it's okay-- | -- Ilya Selvinskiy You take a deep breath, the stress has passed by. | (Taken from "The Sum But real fear is a stone deep down in your chest. | of All Fears" by You hear me? A stone. That's what it is, no more. | Tom Clancy pg. 182.)
