On Wed, 19 Feb 2020 10:05:49 -0500 Boyuan Yang <by...@debian.org> wrote:
> Hi Steve, wrar,
>
> On Wed, 19 Feb 2020 12:40:15 +0500 Andrey
Rahmatullin <w...@debian.org> wrote:
> > Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
> >
> > Unfortunately you ignored
> > lintian even tells you about the mangled
changelog.
>
> I'm letting you know that I am keeping an eye on
package timeshift since I
> granted the original maintainer DM permission. I
know the original maintainer
> privately and it looks like he is extremely unlikely
to work on timeshift (and
> any other Debian work) in the foreseeable future.
For now, I will not work on
> fixing it or salvaging the package since it's a
perfectly valuable chance for
> you (Steve) to practice and participate in Debian's
work.
>
> Steve: I took a look at the source package you
provided on mentors.debian.net.
> Actually wrar gave some valuable advice and there
are some bugs that *must* be
> fixed before anyone accept your work (namely the
duplicated changelog
> entries). If you are unsure about what changes you
made, please take advantage
> of the debdiff(1) tool and check the differences
between the existing version
> and your proposed version.
>
> Please *DO* fix it and let us know when you are
ready. I will be glad to help
> you upload this NMU. Let me know if you have any
doubts.
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Boyuan Yang
Thank you both and kokoye2007for your feedback and for enduring my ignorance.
wrar, for some reason I did not receive your very helpful reply on debian mentors that you linked me to. I will of course now follow your advise and clean things up.
Boyua, I would be happy to assist or take over from the current maintainer in whatever capacity they desire.
Thanks
-Steve Meliza
