* Tilman Schmidt <tilman@imap.cc> [04-12-09 06:50]:
Ok, that splits my question in three:
a) How do I get my patch included if he is still maintaining it?
Send it to the packager.
b) How do I get my patch included if he isn't maintaining it anymore?
Build the package yourself, or beg that someone else will pick it up.
c) How do I find out which of the two is the case?
I have found that *usually* the last entry in the "changelog" will provide the name/email addr of the packager.
Which are, of course, instances of general questions about the way openSUSE want's to handle external contributions:
a) What happens to contributions if a maintainer is so overburdened he or she doesn't even have the capacity to approve contributions that are otherwise ready for inclusion?
Request/assume those duties, fork, or do without.
b) What happens to contributions if a maintainer leaves?
Someone else picks it up or it dies.
c) How can contributors find their responsible maintainer (or absence of same)?
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