Bug#350088: Forcibly orphaning mhash?
As discussed in this bug, mhash's maintainer appears to be MIA or out to lunch. Is it OK if we forcibly orphan the package now? -- Nathanael Nerode [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's just a goddamned piece of paper. -- President Bush, referring to the US Constitution http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_7779.shtml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#350088: Forcibly orphaning mhash?
Nathanael Nerode wrote: As discussed in this bug, mhash's maintainer appears to be MIA or out to lunch. Is it OK if we forcibly orphan the package now? What exactly do you want me to do? I released a new version recently, and as far as I can tell there's no consensus on whether the suggested fixes actually work. Plus, the upstream sources don't seem to be generally accessible now, so it's hard to tell what's going on there. So I continue to wait for something useful to happen. Plus, I've been teaching a new class this term and consequently have very little time. But the term's almost over. Do you have any specific suggestion as to what should happen? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#350088: Forcibly orphaning mhash?
Nathanael Nerode [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As discussed in this bug, mhash's maintainer appears to be MIA or out to lunch. Is it OK if we forcibly orphan the package now? There is no procedure for forcible orphaning the package. If you have a fix for the bug (the bug log seems to suggest that nobody has a patch at the moment), then please add it to the log; since the bug is severity grave, you can certainly then do a proper NMU. We do not forcibly orphan anything; that's a silly procedure, because all it can do is change a package with a less-than-ideal maintainer into a package with none at all. There is a procedure for hijacking, but this is hardly a case. It's not like a clearly winning patch is being ignored. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
