On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 11:53 PM, Jon Dowland <j...@debian.org> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 10:27:22PM -0700, Vincent W. Chen wrote: >> I am willing to co-maintain the package with Manoj, or even maintain >> it by myself if he's no longer interested in dealing with it. But >> since there has been no reply from him I now turn to the list: any >> suggestion on what I should do now, or what I should have done? > > You should start preparing a newer version of the package, making as few > changes to the packaging decisions made by Manoj (e.g. stick with pre-dh > debhelper if that's what he's using; don't introduce cdbs or other packaging > helper tools if they aren't already in use; stick to the VCS he's using, etc.) > and putting your WIP somewhere public, both as a repo that can be cloned and > attach a patch to the bug. Tag the bug 'patch', too. That way, we are talking > in concrete, not abstract terms. Debian is a 'do-ocracy'. > I had already prepared a package at https://mentors.debian.net/package/fvwm, though there were more changes than what you described. Manoj was using hand crafted makefiles, while I changed it to dh. I'll try to cut down the number of changes and remember to tag the bug 'patch'. Thanks for the info.
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