Thanks for the clarification! On Tue, 25 Jan 2022 at 14:14, Jonas Smedegaard <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Caleb, > > Quoting Caleb A. (2022-01-25 13:13:33) > > I don’t get what exactly you want me to do. > > > > How do I share my proposed patch at bug#1003260? > > > > I was hoping an RFS would suffice. > > I cannot tell you *exactly* what to do, because I don't know exactly > what is gonna happen and where exactly you fit into that. > > What I react on is that you file a bugreport and the next I hear about > it is that you issue an RFS. > > Filing a bugreport means "something is wrong with this package", and an > RFS means "please do a sponsored upload of this package I created". > There is something missing between those two, because you are not the > maintainer of the package involved. > > Generally in Debian, the "Maintainer" field lists who is responsible for > maintaining the package. Others in Debian (and outside of Debian > through a "sponsor") can upload a new package, but non-maintainers are > expected to coordinate uploads with the maintainer. > > For packages maintained by a team, it is less clear - each team decides > how relaxed they handle maintainer responsibility. We have no clear > rules about this in the JavaScript team, so what I find sensible as a > fallback is to look at who has most recently done work on the package. > > What I am talking about here is not who "owns" or "holds power over" a > package, but instead who is more *familiar* with the package, to not > accidentally break something or maybe do duplicate work. > > Concretely for the package leaflet-image, I am quite familiar with it, > so was surprised that you announced the need for an uploading sponsor, > without any prior conversation about the bug that is supposedly fixed by > that new package. > > So essentially what I expect is that you talk about the bugfix you have > put together. E.g. share the patch you've made. > > Not talk to me personally, and not talk here on this mailinglist, but > post followup emails to the bugreport: [email protected] > > Hope that makes sense - otherwise try tell what more specifically is > still confusing, and I will try elaborate on that part. > > Kind regards, > > - Jonas > > -- > * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt > * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ > > [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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