On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 10:25:17AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Hi Vincent, > > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 02:17:30PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > Bug #302907 in libstroke0-dev has been open and had a (working) patch > > for 6 years. The maintainer has never replied or done anything else > > concerning this bug. > > > > Could this bug be eventually fixed? > > Sure it can, and it *will* be fixed as soon as someone does that :) > > The bug is 6 years old but, at the same time, the package hasn't been > uploaded to the Debian archive for the past 4 years. Chances are that > the maintainer, Cc:-ed, has lost interest in maintaining the package or > is simply in need of help. > > How about you prepare an nmudiff and post it to the bug log for review > as a concrete step forward to fix the issue? If the maintainer does not > reply, you can then ask for sponsoring (to the maintainer, to -mentors, > or the like) and eventually even step in as the maintainer of a package > you seem to care about.
Hi, Indeed an NMU or a new maintainer for the libstroke package would be most welcome. Please go ahead and upload if you wish; no need to ask my permission. Hamish -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110516084801.ga15...@risingsoftware.com
