ok. i hope that i'm at the right place to ask this. I think it would be good to have a mentor as this would be my first official Debian-package]
>> I've built a new jove-package, that now matches the current standards, >> i also added some debhelper functions, a beginners menu, activated the >> recovery-function, and fixed the Bug that stops it from working on the >> Hurd. >> >> The current maintainer (Loic Prylli) doesn't respond and hasn't >> touched the package since 11 Nov 1998 (see also mailx), but the >> package isn't orphaned, or given for adoption... >> >> i would like to take this package over. I've already applied as New >> Maintainer. >> >> so how should i proceed? >find someone who will sponsor your upload, just as if it was a new package. >This person should be aware of the fact that the current maintainer is not >reachable. Then, you upload a few times as "Non Maintainer Uploads" (see >policy). Each time mailing the maintainer when you upload. if you still hear >nothing, you can fairly safely take the package over. >One thing you can do is ask your sponsor to check when that person was last >seen. Cord
