Re: adopting a recently removed package

2012-08-16 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
On 08/16/2012 04:42 PM, Clint Adams wrote: > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 07:42:52AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: >> With much more pro-active removals happening these days we tend to get >> a lot of folks wanting to reintroduce removed packages, perhaps we >> need a comprehensive section in devref about thi

Re: adopting a recently removed package

2012-08-16 Thread Clint Adams
On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 07:42:52AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > With much more pro-active removals happening these days we tend to get > a lot of folks wanting to reintroduce removed packages, perhaps we > need a comprehensive section in devref about this. I will file a bug > about it. Or perhaps we

Re: adopting a recently removed package

2012-08-15 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Again: On 16/08/12 02:20, Paul Wise wrote: On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Jerome BENOIT wrote: Is there a simple and efficient way to do so ? Sorry, I do not get how to figure out the ones closed by the removal: can you put it in other words ? When closing bugs, we can mark them as f

Re: adopting a recently removed package

2012-08-15 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Is there a simple and efficient way to do so ? > Sorry, I do not get how to figure out the ones closed by the removal: > can you put it in other words ? When closing bugs, we can mark them as fixed in some version. When removing packages, th

Re: adopting a recently removed package

2012-08-15 Thread Jerome BENOIT
On 16/08/12 01:40, Paul Wise wrote: On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 7:28 AM, Jerome BENOIT wrote: libpam-ssh http://packages.debian.org/sid/libpam-ssh The removal information is here: http://bugs.debian.org/650644 In addition to what I mentioned, you should unarchive and reopen any bugs that we

Re: adopting a recently removed package

2012-08-15 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: > I really don't know, and I am a DD. With much more pro-active removals happening these days we tend to get a lot of folks wanting to reintroduce removed packages, perhaps we need a comprehensive section in devref about this. I will file a

Re: adopting a recently removed package

2012-08-15 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 7:28 AM, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > libpam-ssh > > http://packages.debian.org/sid/libpam-ssh The removal information is here: http://bugs.debian.org/650644 In addition to what I mentioned, you should unarchive and reopen any bugs that were closed by the removal (those with

Re: adopting a recently removed package

2012-08-15 Thread Dmitrijs Ledkovs
On 15 August 2012 23:45, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello List: > > I would like to adopt a recently removed package: > The package have still a Sid webpage, but accordingly there is no more > maintainer; > but there is a maintainer in its Squeeze webpage. > > How may I proceed to adopt it ? > I real

Re: adopting a recently removed package

2012-08-15 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi: On 16/08/12 01:12, Paul Wise wrote: On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 6:45 AM, Jerome BENOIT wrote: I would like to adopt a recently removed package: The package have still a Sid webpage, but accordingly there is no more maintainer; but there is a maintainer in its Squeeze webpage. How may I procee

Re: adopting a recently removed package

2012-08-15 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 6:45 AM, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > I would like to adopt a recently removed package: > The package have still a Sid webpage, but accordingly there is no more > maintainer; > but there is a maintainer in its Squeeze webpage. > > How may I proceed to adopt it ? Which package?

Re: adopting a recently removed package

2012-08-15 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi: On 16/08/12 00:54, Julián Moreno Patiño wrote: Hi, Just read this: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMentorsFaq I read it before sending my previous email. what is not clear to me is the status of the Package, hence my email: is it orphaned ? is it still maintained ? is it considered as a new

Re: adopting a recently removed package

2012-08-15 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 12:45:31AM +0200, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello List: > > I would like to adopt a recently removed package: > The package have still a Sid webpage, but accordingly there is no more > maintainer; > but there is a maintainer in its Squeeze webpage. > > How may I proceed to a

Re: adopting a recently removed package

2012-08-15 Thread Julián Moreno Patiño
Hi, Just read this: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMentorsFaq Kind regards, -- Julián Moreno Patiño Debian Developer .''`. Debian GNU/{Linux,KfreeBSD} : :' : Free Operating Systems `. `' http://debian.org/ `- GPG Fingerprint: C2C8 904E 314C D8FA 041D 9B00 D5FD FC15 6168 BF60 Registered GNU

adopting a recently removed package

2012-08-15 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello List: I would like to adopt a recently removed package: The package have still a Sid webpage, but accordingly there is no more maintainer; but there is a maintainer in its Squeeze webpage. How may I proceed to adopt it ? Thanks in advance, Jerome -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-deve