Re: Need help with mgetty and maintainership problems

2003-09-12 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Matthias Urlichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-09-10 18:37]: > I don't think this would be the least-wrong way. In any case it > would be mgetty-bugfixed, not mgetty-ng, which would make even less > sense. Please try to get the broken packages fixed properly instead of forking. If there's no other

Re: Need help with mgetty and maintainership problems

2003-09-12 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-09-10 15:27]: > > > My question now is: How should I proceed? Should I do a NMU? (If yes: > > > Who is willing to sponsor it?) Should I try to hijack? > > > Did you consider uploading of a new source mgetty-ng which > > replaces/provides/conflicts with mge

Re: Need help with mgetty and maintainership problems

2003-09-10 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Andreas Barth wrote: > Yes, I considered that. However, I do not like that. If a package is > broken, it should IMHO be fixed and not duplicated. But if this is the > least-wrong way, I would go it. I don't think this would be the least-wrong way. In any case it would be mgetty-bugfixed, not

Re: Need help with mgetty and maintainership problems

2003-09-10 Thread Andreas Barth
* Andreas Barth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030910 15:27]: > * Francesco P. Lovergine ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030910 15:05]: > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 12:43:21PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > > > I also offered > > > to take over maintainership, or co-maintainership if the current > > > maintainer prefer t

Re: Need help with mgetty and maintainership problems

2003-09-10 Thread Andreas Barth
* Francesco P. Lovergine ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030910 15:05]: > On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 12:43:21PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > > I also offered > > to take over maintainership, or co-maintainership if the current > > maintainer prefer this. > What was the answer? That he plans to abandon mgetty

Re: Need help with mgetty and maintainership problems

2003-09-10 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 12:43:21PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > I also offered > to take over maintainership, or co-maintainership if the current > maintainer prefer this. > What was the answer? > However, as we get nearer the sarge release time, my understanding of > not inclusion the patches