On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 14:54:44 +0100 Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------- developers-reference.sgml.old Tue Feb 19 23:43:24 2002 > > +++ developers-reference.sgml Tue Feb 19 23:43:01 2002 > > Good thinking, BTW. thanks for the corrections, Joy, I'm not a notive english speaker, I'm still learning from you guys =) so: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- developers-reference.sgml.old Tue Feb 19 23:43:24 2002 +++ developers-reference.sgml Wed Feb 20 16:29:56 2002 @@ -364,6 +364,20 @@ in order to catch up the backlog of bugs that you have (you can ask for help on &email-debian-qa; or &email-debian-devel;). + <sect id="mia-qa">Dealing with unreachable maintainers + <p> +If you notice that a package is lacking maintenance, you should +make sure the maintainer is active and will continue to work on +their packages. Try contacting them yourself. If you do not get +a reply after a few weeks you should collect all useful information about +this maintainer. Start by logging in to the <url id="http://db.debian.org"; +name="Debian Developer's Database"> and doing a full search to +check whether the maintainer is on vacation and when they were +last seen. Collect any important package names they maintain and +any Release Critical bugs filled against them. Send all this information +to &email-debian-qa, in order to let the QA people do whatever is +needed. + <sect>Retiring Gracefully <p> If you choose to leave the Debian project, you should make sure you do --------------------------------------------------------------------------- any other point? I am still not convinced about that last sentence.... is it good enough or should we specify this 'whatever is needed'? if people find this is good enough I'll file a wishlist on developers-reference []s! -- Gustavo Noronha Silva - kov <http://www.metainfo.org/kov> *---------* -+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+-+ | .''`. | Debian GNU/Linux: <http://www.debian.org> | | : :' : + Debian BR.......: <http://debian-br.cipsga.org.br>+ | `. `'` + Q: "Why did the chicken cross the road?" + | `- | A: "Upstream's decision." -- hmh | *---------* -+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+-+
