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  • mtkbabel mayby unmaintained long time new version available Perl? advic

    From benattris@gezapig.nl@21:1/5 to All on Sun Sep 15 11:00:02 2024
    Hello,I think mtkbabel is unmaintained.Listed maintainer Uwe Hermann (https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?email=uwe%40debian.org) There is a new version since oct-2019 with some improvements.I am no maintainer no coder etc. Probably I will never
    sent paches etc.What is the best I could do in such cases.Is there some kind of template that I could use when contacting the maintainer directly.And would it be appreciated when cc ing teams in this case maybe Debian PerlGroup?Thanks.

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    think mtkbabel is unmaintained.</div><div>Listed maintainer <a href="https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?email=uwe%40debian.org">Uwe Hermann</a> <small> </small></div><div>There is a new version <span style="white-space: pre-wrap">
    since oct-2019</span> with some improvements.</div><div><br></div><div>I am no maintainer no coder etc. Probably I will never sent paches etc.<br></div><div><br></div><div>What is the best I could do in such cases.</div><div>Is there some kind of
    template that I could use when contacting <br></div><div>the maintainer directly.</div><div>And would it be appreciated when cc ing teams in this case maybe Debian Perl</div><div>Group?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.<br></div><div></div><br></div></
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  • From David Bremner@21:1/5 to benattris@gezapig.nl on Sun Sep 15 13:10:01 2024
    benattris@gezapig.nl writes:

    Hello,
    I think mtkbabel is unmaintained.
    Listed maintainer Uwe Hermann (https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?email=uwe%40debian.org)
    There is a new version since oct-2019 with some improvements.
    I am no maintainer no coder etc. Probably I will never sent paches etc.
    What is the best I could do in such cases.
    Is there some kind of template that I could use when contacting
    the maintainer directly.
    And would it be appreciated when cc ing teams in this case maybe Debian Perl Group?
    Thanks.

    It's great that you want to help Debian, but I'm sorry to say your
    current bug filing strategy is not (in my opinion as an individual
    maintainer) very helpful.

    It seems like the bugs you are filing mostly duplicate the information
    already in tracker.debian.org. If you are a user of the software in
    question, then it's reasonable to file a wishlist bug asking for an
    update, or higher severity bugs for specific issues fixed in the new
    version. Otherwise you are just adding noise, and probably increasing
    the stress level of overworked volunteers.

    As a non-developer, there is still plenty you can do in terms of
    triaging existing bugs (seeing if they can be duplicated on your
    system), and reporting actual (major or minor) problems with the
    software you are using.

    I hope you will consider this as constructive feedback.

    David

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