On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 04:01:18PM -0500, Chris Metzler wrote: > > Anyone's opinion is valued, of course; but I'm especially interested > in hearing from any DDs who might read this . . . > > I'm curious what the etiquette is about inquiring into the status of > an ITP.
Oh, just write a letter with some common sense :-) > On one hand, I'm reluctant to ask because I don't want to seem like > I'm prodding the developer who posted the ITP, especially when he/she > has volunteered time to do this. FYI: ITP does not stop you playing with packaging. Only if you hijack ITP with unreasonably short leadtime, it is rude. > I don't want to be rude or seem ungrateful. But OTOH, if I knew for a > fact that it wouldn't be coming soon, then I'd be more likely to go > ahead and pull time from all the other stuff I'm supposed to be doing > and try to learn how to put it together myself (I'm not a developer by > any stretch; but I can run Make and google on compile errors and so > on). Then go on making package while politely asking ITP status. If he uploads something before you finish, you can compaire and learn. If you get a good package and you get no response good long time, you may consider hijacking it :-) > Would it seem annoying to you to get such an inquiry after a couple of > months? Six months after posting the ITP? A year? If there's some > point when it isn't rude, is it more appropriate to do it by mailing > to the WNPP bug, or by a private email to the DD? It may be annoying to him but whoever left it so long deserves ping. > Thanks for advice, If you are successful and good at packaging, check http://nm.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
