Hartmut Koptein MIA?

2003-01-07 Thread Hamish Moffatt
Has anyone heard from Hartmut Koptein recently? db.debian.org has not seen him in almost a year. The pcb package has been unmaintained since 1999. Thanks Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Hartmut Koptein MIA?

2003-01-07 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-01-08 09:01]: > Has anyone heard from Hartmut Koptein recently? > db.debian.org has not seen him in almost a year. The pcb package has > been unmaintained since 1999. I contacted him in May 2001 about pcb and he said that he was busy IRL but that he'd hop

random requests to remove packages

2003-01-07 Thread James Troup
Hi, More and more we're getting bug reports asking for the removal of packages not from their maintainers or you guys but from random people who often aren't even developers[1]. The problem is I'm not comfortable with ftpmaster making the decision of whether or not to remove the package[2]. So..

Re: random requests to remove packages

2003-01-07 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* James Troup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-01-08 03:13]: > So would (1) be okay with you? Or do you have any better ideas? I think it's the best option. Also, I'm willing to spend some time evaluating such reassigned bugs. > [1] e.g. #175757 I have seen this bug and wanted to comment on it. We h

Re: random requests to remove packages

2003-01-07 Thread Taral
On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 03:13:11AM +, James Troup wrote: > (1) reassign the bug to qa.debian.org > (2) reassign the bug to the package > (3) close it > > So would (1) be okay with you? Or do you have any better ideas? I think it's effective. If it becomes burdensome, the issue can be revi