Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Goswin Brederlow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030806 05:35]: > > Kalle Kivimaa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > BTW, has anybody done any research into what types of package > > > maintainers tend to go MIA? I would be especially interested in a > > > percentage of "old" style DD's, DD's who have gone through the NM > > > process, people going MIA while in the NM queue, and people going MIA > > > without ever even entering the NM queue. I'll try to do the statistics > > > myself if nobody has done it before. > > > And how many NMs go MIA because they still stuck in the NM queue after > > years? Should we ask them? :) > > Many. While cleaning up the ITPs/RFPs I asked many packagers about the > status of their package and got quite often a "package is more or less > ready, but I'm waiting of DAM-approval because I don't want the hassle > of another sponsored package", or, what's worse a "package was ok some > time ago, but as Debian doesn't want me I stopped fixing it". > > Sad.
Till this morning I was one of those NMs not wanting the hassel of a sponsor but now I had to change my maintainers email and fix some RC bugs so I did bully someone to sponsor it. You wait 5 Month for the DAM and thus one should become DD any day now. Would you realy go hunting for a sponsor again? Now that I did I probably become DD tomorrow so it was a waste of time. .oO( Damn, now I jinxed become DD too again ). MfG Goswin