On Sat, 23 Jun 2007, Joey Schulze wrote: > > 15 months, while with DM, it would have been only few days... > > No. You won't be able to fix it unless you have become a DM with > exactly the dvidvi package and thus are allowed to upload a fixed > version. Otherwise you aren't and need to go through senting a > patch and links to the BTS and/or sponsoring via a DD.
I'd gladly sponsor Benjamin if I knew that I don't have to do it endlessly... right now I'm not motivated to help him fix such packages because it imposes too much burden on me on the long term. If I know that he can be DM on those packages after a while, then I'd be ready to do it. > > So, right now, when I have troubles with Debian/TeX stuff, I tend to > > solve it on my computer, and just report nothing, since reporting is > > useless. > > I disagree since when you report a bug and even contribute a patch > and add links to your own fixed packages other users can benefit from > your investigation as well -- given they find the bug report and the > patch/link included. Right, he just tells you that there's no more incentive for him to send a patch when his experience has been that patches are not integrated on such orphaned packages. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Premier livre français sur Debian GNU/Linux : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
