Re: Getting a patch applied with an unresponsive maintainer
On Tue, May 03, 2022 at 10:22:29AM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Tue, May 03, 2022 at 09:19:36AM +0100, Adam Dinwoodie wrote: > > So I guess the question now is: what, if anything, can I do to get that > > code into a build and out the door and onto the Debian package > > repositories? > > Can you prepare an NMU patch (which incorporates the fix patch, as well > as a changelog entry indicating it's a non-maintainer upload)? Then post > that to the bug and explain you are seeking a sponsor to upload it. > > <https://wiki.debian.org/NonMaintainerUpload> > > You could ask for a sponsor on the debian-mentors or debian-devel > mailing lists. Exactly what I needed, thank you! I hadn't known about the -mentors list, and I wasn't sure going straight to -devel was appropriate, but I think that gives me my next steps here :)
Re: Getting a patch applied with an unresponsive maintainer
On Mon, May 02, 2022 at 11:03:01AM -0400, songbird wrote: > > Adam Dinwoodie wrote: > > i've sent a private reply since i'm not sure gmane sent the > Cc: i requested. It didn't :( > ... > > Can anyone give any advice about what my next steps might be if I want > > to get this patch made more widely available? > > in looking at the following i see there is a request for > help and that not much else has happened. > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1006264 > > also look at: > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=964947 Right. That's ... not very promising. > do you have access to the repository on salsa? With that hint, I've just found the repository[0]. It looks like the maintainer created a patch to achieve effectively the same result as my patch back in July 2019[1]. However, while it's in a branch labelled "debian/sid", it doesn't appear to actually be available in Sid. [0]: https://salsa.debian.org/smlx-guest/dhcpcd5 [1]: https://salsa.debian.org/smlx-guest/dhcpcd5/-/commit/62162b20e2fb14336f6d884ec6603ebf1d3ac463 So I guess the question now is: what, if anything, can I do to get that code into a build and out the door and onto the Debian package repositories? > > I'm not a Debian developer, and as best I can tell I'd need to have > > developer privileges already to be able to kick off a non-maintainer > > upload. And I don't think I currently have the spare bandwidth to do > > justice to becoming a developer (I'm already the maintainer of a few > > Cygwin packages, plus all of the other obligations of life...). I am, > > however, very happy to engage with discussions about patches and > > approaches. > > > > Please keep me on the To/Cc list for any replies; I'm not currently > > subscribed to this list. > > i've tried to do that via a Cc but i'm not sure gmane honors > those. we'll see... :) I'll try to remember to keep an eye on the mailing list archives in case any other replies fall into the same hole...
Getting a patch applied with an unresponsive maintainer
Hello! I've found a bug in the dhcpcd5 package[0]. I've submitted a patch[1], and I'd like to look at getting it included in the official package, not least so I can stop maintaining my own local patches. However -- unlike when I've gone through this process after reporting bugs in other packages -- the maintainer here doesn't seem to be monitoring or responding to the BTS. [0]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1008059 [1]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1008059#34 Can anyone give any advice about what my next steps might be if I want to get this patch made more widely available? I'm not a Debian developer, and as best I can tell I'd need to have developer privileges already to be able to kick off a non-maintainer upload. And I don't think I currently have the spare bandwidth to do justice to becoming a developer (I'm already the maintainer of a few Cygwin packages, plus all of the other obligations of life...). I am, however, very happy to engage with discussions about patches and approaches. Please keep me on the To/Cc list for any replies; I'm not currently subscribed to this list. Adam
