Andreas Tille wrote: >there was no upload of StarDict for a very long time. We currently hit >upstream version 2.4.3 which is much more powerfull and not only restricted >to Chinese-English so much more users could profit from an updated package. > >The maintainer seems not to care for closing RC bugs which were fixed in >NMU (#198113). Moreover the package hit the innefficient packaging bug >(#233445). > >The question is: Is this package really maintained?
I think you've answered that question yourself. I believe the standard procedure here is this: If you or someone you're sponsoring want to maintain the package (even if you intend to orphan it after 6 months ;-) ): * email the "maintainer" and ask if he'll let you have it * if he doesn't respond in a reasonable amount of time, file an 'intent to hijack' and then do it * if he responds and says "NO NEVER YOU CAN'T PLAY WITH MY TOYS", come back to this list. :-P * otherwise, email the "maintainer" and ask if he'll consider maintaining it better and/or orphaning it. (In this case, however, with no currently open RC bugs, I'd probably let him keep it unless you or someone else wants to maintain it.) * If the maintainer doesn't respond in a reasonable amount of time, perform a forcible orphaning and make a QA-upload. * If he responds and says "NO NEVER YOU CAN'T PLAY WITH MY TOYS", come back to this list. :-P
