On Monday 28 July 2014 10:50:08 Robert Schweikert wrote:
Hi,
On 07/21/2014 05:41 AM, Stephan Kulow wrote:
Hi,
mtr fails for 113 days jpilot fails for 99 days python-hacking fails for 98 days
I'm also sending another round of reminder mails.
Greetings, Stephan
Wasn't there some work going on to "fix" and or replace hermes?
I think the crux of this type of problem is that maintainers do not get notified if their packages fail in factory. Thus, things fail forever until "fix it or else" e-mails are necessary.
A gentler, probably more effective, system would be to notify package maintainers when their package fails in factory. Maintainers can then take appropriate action in a timely fashion.
Packages in factory that have no maintainer should go away. That will partially solve the "e-mail to nowhere" problem. For those maintainers that no longer care the notification can serve as a reminder to offer the packages up for another maintainer to take over.
Later, Robert
I personally wouldn't be opposed to seeing some sort of list, if possible, of packages in need of maintainers. at least at present, I'm not working a day job, so I've got some extra time.