[maemo-developers] promotion of orphaned packages

[From: Nicolai Hess]

2011/12/14 Neal H. Walfield <neal at walfield.org>

> Hi Nicolai,
>
> > Is it possible to transfer the maintainance for orphaned packages to
> other,
> > still active, developers?
> > If so, I would volunteer myself for maintainance of some orphaned
> packages.
>
> If you look at the package's page (e.g.,
> http://maemo.org/packages/view/feedingit/), there is a "Request to be
> maintainer of this package" button.
>
> Neal
>

Yes, but who decides to transfer the maintainance? Can this only be done by
the current
maintainer?
I doubt most maintainers of orphaned packages are listening to this
request.
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