On Tue, Nov 01, 2016 at 09:10:29AM +0800, gustavo panizzo (gfa) wrote: > Recently I NMU'ed tsocks, as the shape of the package wasn't good [1] > in the RFS email I said that I'd try to get the package orphaned so I can do > a proper QA upload. > > The maintainer orphaned the package 2 days ago, #842555. > > I don't want to adopt the package, but I do use it so I want to see it > in good shape, how long should I wait for others that may adopt the > package before I do a QA upload?.
One second, it's how long it takes to read whether the WNPP bug says "RFA" or "O" -- the former doesn't make the package orphaned yet. > I was going to send a notice regarding my QA upload to the O bug but I > think it may discourage people from adopting the package. Any problem you fix is one problem less for the adopter. > The only guidance I found is 2 weeks, > https://qa.debian.org/orphaned.html That's for an empty upload just to set the Maintainer: field, something that sounds like a waste of your time, buildd cycles and mirror bandwidth. Orphaned packages are up for grabs the moment the O is filed. Meow! -- A MAP07 (Dead Simple) raspberry tincture recipe: 0.5l 95% alcohol, 1kg raspberries, 0.4kg sugar; put into a big jar for 1 month. Filter out and throw away the fruits (can dump them into a cake, etc), let the drink age at least 3-6 months.
