Bug#562157: e1000e: changing back from ITP to RFP

2011-03-01 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 01/03/11 at 09:42 +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: On 02/19/11 19:06, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: However, it is not recommended to keep ITP for a long time without acting on the package, as it might cause other prospective maintainers to refrain from packaging that software. Actually, what

Bug#562157: e1000e: changing back from ITP to RFP

2011-03-01 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On 03/01/11 10:04, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: There is NO point encouraging someone else to waste more effort on this, when no Debian developer is interested. Did you look for a sponsor on debian-mentors@? Nope. And looking at the feedback that the bug received (zero), maybe it's pointless.

Bug#562157: e1000e: changing back from ITP to RFP

2011-03-01 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 01/03/11 at 12:04 +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: On 03/01/11 10:04, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: There is NO point encouraging someone else to waste more effort on this, when no Debian developer is interested. Did you look for a sponsor on debian-mentors@? Nope. And looking at the feedback

Bug#562157: e1000e: changing back from ITP to RFP

2011-03-01 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On 03/01/11 12:23, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: How do you expect DDs to learn that you did the packaging work if you did not follow the procedure to find a sponsor? I don't. It's an entirely unreasonable expectation. Hence my apology for the knee-jerk reaction. Ciao, Sheldon. -- To

Bug#562157: e1000e: changing back from ITP to RFP

2011-02-28 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On 02/19/11 19:06, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: However, it is not recommended to keep ITP for a long time without acting on the package, as it might cause other prospective maintainers to refrain from packaging that software. Actually, what causes prospective maintainers to refrain from packaging

Bug#562157: e1000e: changing back from ITP to RFP

2011-02-19 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
retitle 562157 RFP: e1000e -- Intel(R) PRO/1000 PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet driver noowner 562157 thanks Hi, This is an automatic email to change the status of e1000e back from ITP (Intent to Package) to RFP (Request for Package), because this bug hasn't seen any activity during the last 6