On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 19:50:11 +0100 Simon Stelling wrote: | > * the package is actively maintained and herded in metadata.xml | | the bug is lying around for several months, | | > * the package maintainer is easily contactable by irc or email | | the package maintainer isn't on irc and did never comment the bug | and your patch is only applyied on a specific arch which is CC'ed or | even in the AssignedTo field of the bug? Didn't we decide that arch specific patches were a bad idea? | Of course it's always better to ask first, but would it still be rude | in such a case? What if a revbump isn't needed? Naah, if the maintainer has vanished and there's no herd backing them up (or the entire herd has vanished) then it's a whole different story. -- Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Fluxbox, shell tools) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm