AWOL owners and stale packages.

[Michael J. Knox]

Michael J Knox wrote:
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check out the achive for the rest ;)

>> Let's start with X, maximum packager response time for a bugzilla ticket,
>> in which a serious (or normal) bug was reported. Would X=14 days be too
>> short? X+Y would cover at least two weekends. I mean, if a packager is on
>> a long vacation (several weeks or more) and is neglecting package
>> maintenance knowingly, the package would be suitable for shared
>> maintainership anyway. And in cases where a packager has had an accident
>> or is facing temporary illness (and similar things), we're back at what
>> I've written before -- that it should be in the packager's best interest
>> that other contributors help.
>>
> 
> I feel, that if an owner is considered "active" then he/she should be 
> able to at the very least, acknowledge a form of contact, direct email 
> or BZ, within a 3 week time frame.
> 
> However, I think it needs to be more than one attempt over that time 
> frame. The person attempting the NMU must provide "proof" IMHO in the 
> form of BZ reports etc of these attempts.
> 
> A formal accounacment of intent on the extras list would be required, in 
> case someone on the list knows the current owner where abouts.

Ok, So I have somemore time to focus on this.

So far I have only had comments from Michael Schwendt, but I would like 
to hear more from other FE maitainers.

What sorts of time frames do people think is reasonable? How many 
contact attempts should there be?

Michael