Package maintainer responsibilities

[Dennis Kaarsemaker]

On wo, 2006-02-15 at 18:33 +0100, Bjørn Haagensen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was wondering about the requirement on package maintainers. I've had
> some problems with a package in Dapper universe. X is listed as a
> maintainer, so I wrote X an email explaining my issues. It turns out X
> is not maintaining Ubuntu, but rather Debian packages.
> 
> Why is X then listed as maintainer? If the package is simply "stolen"
> from Debian, I think the least one should do is remove any reference to
> the original maintainer. 

There is a debate going on about how to handle this. Currently, if
Ubuntu makes no changes to the package the maintainer field is not
changed.

> How can I then report the problem (it's package related, not the app
> itself)? I can email some ubuntu-list or post in some forum. But in such
> often high-volume contexts, how can I be sure the report will be read by
> the relevant persons. I'm not happy about spending alot of time
> authoring a detailed report if I'm not sure it's going to be read by
> relevant people.
> 
> I realize it's a universe package, and such problems can often be solved
> by installing manually. But that sort of removes my reasons for using
> ubuntu over any other dist.

Ubuntu bugs should be filed on Malone (http://launchpad.net/malone) -
the universe maintainers look there for reports.

-- 
Dennis K.
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