http://packages.debian.org/unstable/database/mysql-server-5.5 > > ...it lists multiple maintainers. For a package such as MySQL, it > makes complete sense. I don't know the internals, but I'm pretty sure > that the list of maintainer is kept as a separate entity from the > changelog.
The maintainers's information is located in the debian/control file, in the source package. > > The question is, who will implement the changes. I'm currently working > on restoring buildfarm functionality, I can't take on more or nothing > will get done. > Yes that's the question. I can work on it after having finished the ssl migration and fixed a problem with the scripts updating the package history on the web site. Maybe pkgrequests would be best? If someone is making an inquiry about > an orphaned package, it's very similar to someone making an inquiry to > add something to our catalog - for us it means potentially starting to > maintain a package we haven't been maintaining. > Among the existing list, pkgrequests is the best match. So are we ok to use a fake maintainer like this one: "Orphaned package" < [email protected]> ? Any other opinion about this ? Yann > >
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