On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 18:42 +0200, Bernhard R. Link wrote: > * Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080720 14:57]: > > I think we should encourage packager to contact upstream with simple > > "hello!" message and he (or myself) should be part of active upstream ML. > > > > After all, we all are human. Friendly "hello" always helps people. > > > > I know this is not something we need to have as policy but as a part of > > best practice document, it is good to mention. For Debian, "Developers > > Reference". If I miss it in "Developers Reference", I am sorry. [..] > And then formulating such a mail is always a bit complicated. Not > everyone knows that package maintainers in Debian are really about > source modifications and saying helo can easily result in being offered > the upstream maintainer hat.
The mail to upstream could include a snipet like : "If you are curious about what `Packaging for Debian' involves, you can read : http://wiki.debian.org/GettingPackaged " A lot of good work was done on that page, it could probably still be improved and be migrated to www.d.o/doc/. Franklin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
