[Pkg-scicomp-devel] RFS: cimg (updated package)

[Michal Čihař]

Hi

Dne Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:59:37 -0600
Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh at gmail.com> napsal(a):

> 2009/1/21 Michal Čihař <nijel at debian.org>:
> > You make a NMU without any sign that maintainer has been contacted
> 
> Hm, okay, I'll try to contact Sam and Christophe. Hi Sam and
> Christophe! Can I update your cimg-dev package, please?

As a maintainer is listed pkg-scicomp-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org, so
you should contact this mailing list (CCed them). As a group, you
might also want to join them to co-maintain this package.

> > Also do you have some good reason for NMUing new upstream
> > version?
> 
> This is a pretty trivial package to update, it hasn't been updated in
> a couple of years, and it has a couple of bugs related to getting the
> package updated.

Package updates are often trivial, but the maintainer might have good
reason for not updating right now. Especially when we're in freeze.

> I just figured I could go ahead and do it, since it's so easy. I guess
> I forgot the politics of who owns a package.

The package is not on a LowNMU list and you don't fix any RC bug, so
usuall NMU policy should apply, see
<http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.html#nmu>.

-- 
	Michal Čihař | http://cihar.com | http://blog.cihar.com
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