proposal: Automatic upstream notification on build errors, etc.

[Anca Emanuel]

On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Dmitrijs Ledkovs <dmitrij.ledkov at ubuntu.com
> wrote:

> I am confused about this proposal.
> In Ubuntu, we don't really have "maintainers".
>
I mean upstream maintainer, or original author of the software.

> Transitions is not something that "just happens", somebody set it up.
>
ok.

> You simply do the transition, fix build-failures or reupload no-change
> rebuilds.
>
and no notifications to anybody ? talk to Debian people here.

> What reactions and from who are you expecting

The upstream developers go on work to fix it.

>

Can you please give an example?
>
Yes. Kernel. When you have an build error do not just remove the driver.
Inform upstream maintainer.
I had to mail Greg directly about that. (solved years ago)

>
> Regards,
>
> Dmitrijs.
>
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