On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 9:55 PM, Matthew Johnson <mj...@debian.org> wrote: > On Sun Mar 21 17:55, Onkar Shinde wrote: >> While working on logkit -> excalibur-logkit migration I stumbled upon >> jython package which has few problems as per latest conventions for >> java packaging. I have fixed these problems along with some lintian >> errors/warnings and uploaded the package to mentors.debian.net. The >> package maintainer is listed on lowthresholdnmu page. So this package >> can be uploaded immediately. > > The maintainer is on lowthresholdnmu, but that does not absolve you from the > rest of the NMU procedure[0], namely, filing the patches in the BTS against > the > relative bugs, contacting the maintainer directly with your intention to NMU > and not making changes that don't fix actual bugs. > > Having said that, the upload looks good, but can you please do the appropriate > paperwork first.
Considering that the maintainer did not reply to bugs in question for long time, I assumed it was ok to seek sponsors directly. My mistake. I will be carefully follow the procedure next time. By the way the changes I did fixed only fixed mostly lintian errors/warnings. Should that be avoided when doing NMU? Onkar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-java-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/c9c316091003211054x55692ef9r735584705c3fd...@mail.gmail.com
