how to notify package maintaner?

[Christopher Aillon]

On 07/11/2005 02:02 PM, Farkas Levente wrote:

> hi,
> is there any standard way to notify any package (core or extras) 
> maintaner that there is new upstream version of bug/security fix of a 
> given package? imho it'd be a general and useful think to add 
> somewhere eg somewhere on fedora homepage an automatic from which 
> select the current maintaner and send him/her a mail.
> yours.

Some package maintainers have upwards of 50 packages they maintain, and 
can't possibly produce RPMs instantly.  There are sometimes issues where 
things don't build, etc. because of other library changes that we must 
deal with that the upstream authors may not be aware of yet.  
Additionally, many maintainers are on mailing lists that announce when 
new versions are out; some (such as yours truly) are even on release 
teams for their packages.  So, chances are the packager knows, but just 
has been unable to get around to it.  If there is a package that has 
been languishing behind for several months, or maybe weeks, it might be 
wise to file a bug then.  But flooding bugzilla and developer e-mail 
with generic package upgrade requests is going to annoy many packagers 
very quickly.