On 2016-10-19 14:26 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Vincent Bernat writes ("Bug#841294: Overrule maintainer of "global" to
> package a new upstream version"):
> > Ron Lee is the current maintainer and disagrees on some issues with
> > upstream and therefore don't want to update to a more recent
> > version. See bug #574947:
> > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=574947
>
> Looking at the bug logs, Ron has failed in the one non-delegatable,
> non-negotiable task for the Debian maintainer of a package: namely, to
> make appropriate decisions with respect to the package and then to
> communicate those decisions.
>
> Even if the decision to keep the new upstream version out of Debian is
> correct, Ron has failed to provide a coherent explanation. He has
> failed to engage with those who were willing and ready to do the work.
>
> I think the package would be best served by having a new maintainer.
>
> (Sadly I don't think the TC is likely to agree with me. Historically
> the TC has very very slow to act against maintainers who block other
> people's work and who do not communicate properly.)Indeed. The current situation is that the existing version is so old that it doesn't work properly with modern code any more, but the maintainer has refused to do any of: 1) upload a new package, 2) allow an upload which removes the offending CGI bit (which users don't really care about anyway) 3) write something to change the local behaviour to be satisfactory. Upstream has been clear that they are not going to change how it works, but they don't care if debian omits that bit or changes it locally, so it seems to me that a maintainer has to do one of the above three things. 5 years of this is more than long enough to conclude that they are not doing their job adequately, and because of our strong maintainership culture, are preventing other people from doing that job. It could just be NMUed, or a global6 uploaded so at least people would have something to work with, but asking the TC to rule seems like a more correct way to try and unbung this situation. Wookey -- Principal hats: Linaro, Debian, Wookware, ARM http://wookware.org/
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