Am 21.11.2011 22:53, schrieb "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson":
On 11/21/2011 09:25 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> Unconvincing. To "reassure ownership" periodicially won't be
sufficient.
> It would be just another button to click (like FAS password or cert
> renewal) and would not guarantee that the packages would be maintained
> properly and that tickets would be dealt with. A "sign of life" from a
> person does not imply that the person's packages are (well-)maintained.
>
Well if people want more controversial proposal of sign of live that's
relatively easier to accomplish.
Revoke that maintainers package privileges for $next-release if he does
not respond to bug reports in timely manner in GA releases and orphan
his package.
Arguable a bit drasting but at the same time far more effective clean up
process.
+1
nothing is more frustrating for users as ignored bugreports reintroduced from
release to relase while th eonly response is from bugzapper about EOL of the
release