Hello Laurent, > I would like to make work on battery-stats that is in the WNPP database. > I think that i haven't enough time to become the maintainer of this > package but i can correct some bugs in package. > > Have I to modify the debian/control in order to register myself as > maintainer ?
well, you should not; given that you don't have time to directly maintain it, but you're willing to help on an orphaned package, then you'll do what's called a "QA Upload": set the maintainer of the package to QA Group (it's already set this way, it's a general rule) and keep doing things as usual. > How to sign the package without the debian/control file update ? as usual, with debsign; package maintained by QA group are "special", so what you'll do is share some of your time on a package no one has time or interest in maintain it directly (and that's a QA job). > How can I write the debian/changelog file without the debian/control > file update ? as usual, with dch; you'll notice that lintian will not complain about NMU version or other stuff (give the peculiarity of QA packages). There are some doc/site you can look at: * debian policy (of course) * developers reference (of course) * new maintainers guide (recommended) * http://qa.debian.org/ and linked web pages. Feel free to post any question you have on the list. Kindly, -- Sandro Tosi (aka morph, Morpheus, matrixhasu) My website: http://matrixhasu.altervista.org/ Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
