On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 2:27 PM Joel Cross <j...@kazbak.co.uk> wrote: > > Dear mailing list, > > I was looking to make some changes to the packaging of the virtualenvwrapper > package, in order to fix bug #760080 (no Python 3 support). I have done most > of the work on repackaging, but now realise that the package is not listed as > being maintained by the DPMT, but rather by a single developer.
tbh, this should have been on of the first steps, try to keep it in mind for the next time; you should have also stated your intentions in the bug #760080, just to avoid duplicate effort and as a general kind note to the maintainer. > I was wondering if someone can advise me what is the process here - can we > (the DPMT, that is) take on an existing individually-maintained package, or > is that frowned upon? Bearing in mind the last published update was in 2014 > and the last git commit was in 2016. no we do not hijack a package maintainer by someone else and not this team without a very good reason. why you didnt add Jan to this email recipients? doing so now it used to be hosted on collab-maint on alioth so it's likely Jan is willing to accept your contributions. First step would be to prepare a debdiff with your changes, attach it to a reply to bug 760080 and wait for the maintainer's reply. If that doesnt come after a reasonable amount of time (*at least* 2 weeks), then you may ask for advice on the next steps. -- Sandro "morph" Tosi My website: http://sandrotosi.me/ Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+SandroTosi
