On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 08:08:02 +0200 (CEST), Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >If there are inactive maintainers in Debian why not starting group >maintainance? The Ubuntu maintainer might be listed in the Uploaders >field and find a sponsor to upload the package (in the best case the >other maintainer). THis is called group maintainance and IMHO the >biggest problem in Debian is that outsiders often assume they just >have to wait until something in Debian is done.
A lot of Debian maintainers hang on to their packages like a hen over her eggs and do not want to give away any authority over their packages which they would to by accepting co-maintainers. Two quite prominent examples are sysklogd, which is in not-too-good shape with a gazillion of bug reports open, and ifupdown, which has recently seen maintainer attention after years of limbo, and where the maintainer has not extended the courtesy of even replying to a co-maintainership offer by a group of people who have taken care of the package during its disregarded phase. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834
