Re: sponsorship-requests and orphaned status

2012-02-07 Thread Dean Evans
On Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:13:58 +0100 Jerome BENOIT wrote: > > > > You should use the existing wnpp bug report #525921 to state your > > intention to adopt instead of creating a new one. Please add a note > > to #525921 that you are intending to adopt the package, retitle it > > from O: to ITA: as d

Re: sponsorship-requests and orphaned status

2012-02-07 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi ! On 08/02/12 05:04, Dean Evans wrote: On Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:40:40 +0100 Jerome BENOIT wrote: Hello List: On 08/02/12 03:42, Michael Gilbert wrote: Nevertheless, when the involved package is orphaned, it would be a good idea to change its status to reflect the fact it is indeed orphaned

Re: sponsorship-requests and orphaned status

2012-02-07 Thread Dean Evans
On Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:40:40 +0100 Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello List: > > On 08/02/12 03:42, Michael Gilbert wrote: > >> Nevertheless, when the involved package is orphaned, > >> it would be a good idea to change its status to reflect the fact > >> it is indeed orphaned, but also on the way to b

Re: sponsorship-requests and orphaned status

2012-02-07 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello List: On 08/02/12 03:42, Michael Gilbert wrote: Nevertheless, when the involved package is orphaned, it would be a good idea to change its status to reflect the fact it is indeed orphaned, but also on the way to be adopted: a kind of limbo status. Do you mean something like: http://www.d

Re: sponsorship-requests and orphaned status

2012-02-07 Thread Dean Evans
On Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:28:52 +0100 Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello List: > > I understand that it can take some time to get a package sponsored. > > Nevertheless, when the involved package is orphaned, > it would be a good idea to change its status to reflect the fact > it is indeed orphaned, but

Re: sponsorship-requests and orphaned status

2012-02-07 Thread Michael Gilbert
> Nevertheless, when the involved package is orphaned, > it would be a good idea to change its status to reflect the fact > it is indeed orphaned, but also on the way to be adopted: > a kind of limbo status. Do you mean something like: http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/orphaned_byage Anyone can ad

Re: sponsorship-requests and orphaned status

2012-02-07 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > I understand that it can take some time to get a package sponsored. To say the least. > Nevertheless, when the involved package is orphaned, > it would be a good idea to change its status to reflect the fact > it is indeed orphaned, but als

sponsorship-requests and orphaned status

2012-02-07 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello List: I understand that it can take some time to get a package sponsored. Nevertheless, when the involved package is orphaned, it would be a good idea to change its status to reflect the fact it is indeed orphaned, but also on the way to be adopted: a kind of limbo status. Thanks. hth, J