Hi Marcela, hi all On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 04:59:42PM +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: > Since beginning of june I'm trying to reach Marcela for the 'when' > package. The last reply I got from her was on 2nd of june, replying on > my request of updating 'when' package if possible, and she said, if I > want, that I can prepare a package and she would sponsor it. > > I uploaded the package to mentors.d.n [1], which updates the packaging > and fixes some of the bugs in BTS, in particular new upstream version > and the 'should be Architecture:all' bug, and some others [2]. > > Since then I did not get any reply anymore from Marcela, does someone > know if she is still around? It is not my intention to hijack the > package, so I'm fine to remove myself from Uploaders or so, but would > be great if some of the bugs there can be fixed, even if not RC bugs. > > Any hints on how I could procede? I know, as now squeeze is anyway is > frozen, it may be impossible anyway to get updated and fixed package > in squeeze, but that could be tried in accord to the release-team. > > [1] > http://mentors.debian.net/cgi-bin/sponsor-pkglist?action=details;package=when > [2] http://bugs.debian.org/when
Its now some months since beginning of june. I have prepared in the
meanwhile a new usptream version 1.2.21, but I do not know how to best
proceede. I'm not fine with 'hijacking' the package but if Marcela is
not interested anymore in maintaining it I would gladly take over the
maintainership. For the package I only added myself to Uploaders and
asked Marcela if she is interested to have a co-maint for it.
I once got a just in August that Marcela is currently busy but will
have a look at the package I prepared, but then heard again anything
from her.
The package fixes e.g. the 'should be Architecture:all' bug and others
as mentioned above.
Here is the full changelog of the changes I applied. I know that
anyway now it is not anymore possible to have this updated version in
squeeze, as now already to late.
when (1.1.21-1) unstable; urgency=low
* New upstream release (Closes: #583646).
- Adds option to not display e.g. periodic items (Closes: #439115).
* Add myself to Uploaders.
* Bump compat level to 7. Simplify debian/rules to tiny format.
* Convert to '3.0 (quilt)' source package format.
* debian/control:
- Architecture: all as package contains only architecture-independent
files (Closes: #451606).
- Add Homepage field to source package stanza.
- Correct long description of package (Closes: #503271).
- Add ${perl:Depends} substitution variable for dh_perl in Depends field.
- Bump versioned dependency on debhelper to debhelper (>= 7.0.50) for
override targets.
* debian/rules: override target for dh_auto_test to no run the tests.
* Don't install README anymore.
* Add fix_517481_typo_in_localization.patch to fix a typo in localization
for spanish translations. Thanks to Mauro Lizaur <ma...@cacavoladora.org>
for reporting (Closes: #517481).
* Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.1.
* Add debian/watch only explaining in comments that new upstream version
currently cannot be monitored.
* debian/copyright:
- Update debian/copyright to revision 135 of format-specification in
DEP5 for machine readable copyright file.
- Update copyright years and add alternate licensing to
Artistic license.
- Explicit point to the GPL-1 text in common-licenses as by Debian
Policy 3.9.1.
- Refer to Debian systems in general.
-- Salvatore Bonaccorso <salvatore.bonacco...@gmail.com> Fri, 08 Oct 2010
08:47:53 +0200
Any Ideas how I can proceede?
Bests
Salvatore
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