Il 14/01/2012 07:31, Ernie Brodeur ha scritto:
So, the 45 days that lapsed since it's been flagged out of date isn't enough?
Seems to me after 6 weeks, why bother?
Because it's the standard procedure and, beside this, it's unfair to disown a package without trying to contact its maintainer first.
If not 6 weeks, what reasonable amount of time makes this step unnecessary?
I want to fix the package, not deal with waiting on somebody else who may or may not get to it for another two weeks.
Maybe the maintainer itself may disown the package as soon you'll get in touch with him, so there's no need for a TU to disown it. Maybe the the maintainer will provide the update. Or maybe there will be silence for two weeks and a TU will disown the package. In any case, IMHO this is a fair procedure to get a package disowned and is good to stick with it.