tor-lsb -- hey, look, package script, don't complain to _me_. I'm just installing you.

Bruno Wolff III bruno at wolff.to
Tue Jun 1 15:51:46 UTC 2010


On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 11:48:02 -0400,
  Paul Wouters <paul at xelerance.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Jun 2010, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> 
> >>Fixing init scripts and %post is now left in the state "maintainer is too
> >>busy to fix". In the past I already offered co-maintainership or taking
> >>over the package due to my close relationship with upstream. It's a lame
> >>excuse for leaving it in the current state, since that's the preference
> >>of the maintainer, which violates fedora packagaging policies.
> >
> >Does FESCO know you'd be willing to become the maintainer?
> 
> I've definately talked to quite a few of them (online and in person) over
> the years this has been going on. I even had a tor package made and
> submitted it, but Enrico and my package crossed paths and his was a day
> earlier, so his "personal" version instead of a "fedora" version got
> accepted:

The reason I asked is that they might be more willing to yank the package
from the current maintainer if there is someone willing to step in and
fix things rather than having to orphan it.


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