Still no reply I guess... -- -- Grant Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Grant Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040314 22:02]: > * Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040314 16:56]: > > * Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-11 13:34]: > > > Is Zephaniah E. Hull ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is MIA? > > > his last upload is nearly one year ago. > > > > > > He maintains GPM which is an important piece of software. The sid > > > version is the same as the woody version and has some problematic bugs. > > > Also GPM upstream has changed and there have been several new upstream > > > versions (latest is 1.20.1, I think). > > > > FWIW, I talked to Zephaniah in April 2003 about his packages, and he > > agreed to give some away but wanted to keep others, including gpm. > > gpm has traditionally been a mess, and I don't think there was a > > maintainer upload since I talked to Zephaniah. I think the best > > approach would be to diff the new upstream with the package in Debian > > and tell your insights to Zephaniah; I think he responds to mail. > > Hello there, > > I just rejoined the Debian-QA list. I sent two and received two emails > with Zephaniah between Feb 24 and Feb 28th. I have not heard back from > him regarding this attached email yet. I am glad I was able to catch > this conversation as it began asking the same questions I posed > recently. > > Technically I'm not an MIA DD, I'm retired, but same difference. :-) > > Regards, > > -- > -- Grant Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > ----- Forwarded message from Grant Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > > From: Grant Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Zephaniah E. Hull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: GPM Activity > Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 05:27:17 -0800 > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i > > * Zephaniah E. Hull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040227 17:57]: > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 05:34:36PM -0800, Grant Bowman wrote: > > > * Zephaniah E. Hull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040227 06:04]: > > > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 08:00:41PM -0800, Grant Bowman wrote: > > > > > I don't mean to be rude, but are you still an active Debian > > > > > maintainer? > > > > > > > > Yes, I am. > > > > > > Wow, I'm very surprised to hear from you. I was just today battling > > > with GPM quite a bit today with my 2.6 kernel upgrade. I'm sure you are > > > aware that the package needs some serious attention, right? > > > > For 2.6 it needs to be thrown out and replaced with an exceedingly small > > program that does not know much, except exps2 from /dev/input/mice with > > some button remapping ability, and MAYBE can speak over the libs. > > I've learned alot reading the 2.6 source code and can think of several > alternative and viable ways to proceed beyond what you suggest, however > I want to stay focused and not digress right now from the primary reason > I contacted you. > > > My life is quite a bit too, well, I'm not in a position to write it > > right now. > > Respectfully, after looking through the bugs [1] for GPM and the source > package status [2] it seems clear to me that the package needs some > active maintenance work to be completed. I must assume from this > exchange (both quality and quantity) that you don't have the time. > > I also see from your other source packages [3] that source uploads from > you have been rare. I can't really speak to these other two packages, > but it's something that I noticed. While this doesn't actually mean > anything, it confirms my assumption. > > Why am I looking at this stuff? I've recently installed imwheel, > installed new kernels on more than one machine and of course been > reconfiguring gpm. I was asking (without reply) on #debian IRC "so > given gpm's upstream tarball is from Oct 2001, 1.20+ availability > http://bugs.debian.org/147462 (no reply from maintainer) and > http://packages.qa.debian.org/g/gpm.html is the maintainer missing?" > > I was looking at policy [4] for guidance. I'm glad you replied and are > not officially MIA, however it's clear to me that you need some kind of > help with the GPM source package. > > Well, now what do I suggest? Some of these are assumptions on my part, > so just speak up if you disagree. > > Solutions to the lack of an updated package of any kind include NMUs > (short term), co-maintainers (long term, perhaps Sponsor/Advocate [5]), > or not working with the GPM source package, handing it off via the WNPP > [6] in one of several ways (below). What would you like to do? > > What options do we not want to pursue? I would like to help, but I'm an > MIA Debian Developer myself. I need to remember my GPG key :-(. So I > can't upload NMUs though I might be able to create one. It doesn't look > like you want to put GPM up for "adoption" (RFA) in the WNPP or worse > yet "orphan" (O) it. I respect that. I also respect that you are busy > with real life now and may not have much time to devote to GPM. Posting > to debian-qa, debian-mentors and/or debian-devel makes no sense until > you decide how you want to proceed. > > Doing nothing is an option, I suppose. However this does a disservice > to all Debian users who rely on you to keep GPM updated. The package > right now effectively seems to be in limbo given your lack of replies to > bugs that I can see. Since everyone in Debian is a volunteer, I would > like to work with you to come up with a plan of how you would like to > proceed and assist in any way that I can. > > I look forward to hearing from you. > > -- > -- Grant Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > [1] http://bugs.debian.org/gpm and > > [2] http://packages.qa.debian.org/g/gpm.html > > [3] http://qa.debian.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [4] > http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-beyond-pkging.en.html#s-mia-qa > > [5] http://www.debian.org/devel/join/newmaint#Sponsor > > [6] http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
