On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 14:14:48 +0100, Duck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > As Martin Pitt said, I think it's wise contacting related persons, > look at the program, and then, when you relly want to package it, > write an ITP. I won't post hundreds of ITPs in advance to be sure > to get the packages i like and then reopen them when i don't those.
Sure. And looking at the program rarely involves a lot of packaging wrk that would be thrown away. ITP _after_ looking at the program, and _before_ packaging it. And I personally wait until I have a package before talking to upstream, cuts down on unrelated vapourware contacts to upstream in case I decide not to package things. > I said i contacted people, looked à the program, but i didn't > package anything. My ITP so came just before any real packaging > work, and i don't think doing it earlier would have been adequate. And what is your complain, then? Someone managed to do the work you had not really done yet? > I don't think this "fellow developer" wants to share HIS package > with anybody. And i don't think i'd like to work with a guy who is > unable to communicate. And you are basing this assumption on what? > I was just complaining about his behavior, i don't mind having this > package or not. I've got enought packages to deal with, i just > wanted to help the gnome packaging team (Sebastien Bacher is > actually my sponsor) because this nice program was missing. What behaviour? That he is not telepathic, and packaghed something you had been merely thinking about working one, and had not actually told anyone using the ITP mechanism? It may be news to you, but only a select few debian developers are really telepathic. manoj -- Higgins: Doolittle, you're either an honest man or a rogue. Doolittle: A little of both, Guv'nor. Like the rest of us, a little of both. Shaw, "Pygmalion" Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C