Need packaging packages in progress at Debian

[Sarah Hobbs]

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Bram Neijt wrote:
> Looking for a package, I would not like to see this bug, because it's
> already being worked on: the package is already there, it just needs a
> sponsor.

Obviously, most of us cant sponsor to debian.

> I first thought people where just lazy and didn't mark it as "In
> Progress", so I did. However, when I came across a second package with
> similar problems, I started to wonder if I did the right thing.

People are supposed to search the usual places (debian mentors, revu,
debian itself, etc).  Unfortunately, when they don't, they create extra
work for themselves.
> 
> What should be the status of a bug like this, should I change it back
> and if so, what is the right way of filtering these bugs out of my
> list?

I think you're doing the right thing, and to filter the in progress bugs
out, do a search on launchpad (the ubuntu section), for the
needs-packaging tag.

Of course, commenting on the bug about the specifics (as well as setting
it in progress) is very useful

Hobbsee
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