[Tim Hall] > Surely that is the correct action? Well, I can't read it out of the Debian policy nor the developer reference, so I have followed the documented procedure of trying to get the previous maintainer to accept the takeover. But I agree that it would be the correct action, and believe it should be documented in either of the two mentioned documents.
> Given Matthew's reasons for resigning, I think it would be > respectful to spare him the emails and get on with putting the > packages up for adoption. Well, I had two options, going behind his back or sending him him email. Both are not good options, because of his reasons for resigning, but I decided to not go behind his back as I judged that to be worse than disturbing him with an email. Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]