> Given that googleearth (whether you like > it or not) has millions of users I think it's reasonable to let it in again.
I too agree with this, IMHO Squeeze without googleearth-package would be pretty bad. > And true, Adnan should have also notified the bug and the mentors list, but > well, he is in the new maintainer process and still learning. I'd think he > learned this lesson by now. ;) (*) Yes, because package was there for days, and yes I have definitely learned my lesson :) > I'm subscribed to the package in the PTS and will together with Adnan make > sure it stays in good shape. Thanks :) Adnan On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Holger Levsen <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: release.debian.org > Severity: normal > User: [email protected] > Usertags: freeze-exception > x-debbugs-cc: [email protected] > > Hi, > > please let googleearth-package back into squeeze contrib. > > Removal of packages is a reasonable way forward at this stage of the release, > IMHO, especially for "pet" packages. Given that googleearth (whether you like > it or not) has millions of users I think it's reasonable to let it in again. > > The changes to the package are reviewable: > > $ debdiff googleearth-package_0.5.7.dsc googleearth-package_0.6.1.dsc|diffstat > debian/changelog | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > debian/control | 7 +++---- > debian/source/format | 1 + > make-googleearth-package | 19 ++++++++++++------- > > On Sonntag, 5. Dezember 2010, Philipp Kern wrote: >> No, volatile is not a place for crap, thank you. If the maintainer doesn't >> care, it doesn't need to be somewhere else than just removed. > > The maintainer cared, a fixed version was available on mentors.debian.net on > December 1st, just nobody cared to upload :( > > And true, Adnan should have also notified the bug and the mentors list, but > well, he is in the new maintainer process and still learning. I'd think he > learned this lesson by now. ;) (*) > > I'm subscribed to the package in the PTS and will together with Adnan make > sure it stays in good shape. > > Thanks! > > > cheers, > Holger > > (*) it also would be nice if mentors.d.n could automatically mark bugs as > pending, when a package is available fixing a bug, just like it is done by > NEW. Will suggest this in a new thread on -mentors@ > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
