On Thu, 2012-05-31 at 16:20 -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Svante Signell dijo [Thu, May 31, 2012 at 10:22:21PM +0200]: > > Hi, > > > > A Short question. Is it possible to ITP a new release of some software > > not being even considered by the DM, for whatever reason. Wishlist bugs > > are submitted, etc. According to if there is no reply of bug reports, > > there seems to be no interest at all from the DM to package that piece > > of SW, not even for experimental. If not possible, why? What does the > > Debian Policy state? > > It's *usually* not what you want to do. There are several cases where > different versions of the same program are available in Debian, and I > am unfamiliar with the case at hand, but it's usually where a specific > older version of a package is depended upon by large amounts of > software, and changes in new versions are not compatible. They often > bring in maintenance hell issues. > > In this case, you should discuss with the DM about the "whatever > reason" you mention, maybe bring it up here (so it gets wider exposure > and more informed people get to have a say). You can ultimately ask > the Technical Committee, but that's a venue of action very seldom > taken (and I think that even "very seldom" might be an overstatement).
Thank you for your time, Fortunately, I'm not a hurd porter any longer an whatever you choose to do it is not longer my business. Thank you for your attention -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1338500713.5450.122.ca...@hp.my.own.domain
