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Correct way to ping a package maintainer about updating their package when it's WAY out of date?

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Danathar
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Correct way to ping a package maintainer about updating their package when it's WAY out of date?

#1 Post by Danathar »

Does anybody know of the **RIGHT** way to ping a package maintainer without annoying them? I noticed a package that is pretty old in the latest release and even in SID that looks like it hasn't been updated since 2017 (Apache Guacamole).

I ended up having to make the latest version from source and then use checkinstall to make a package to use it. I'd much rather use the repository if the package was not so out of date.

I can see who the maintainer is, but emailing them directly on it feels a bit wrong, especially since it hasn't been updated since 2017 (I'm assuming **THEY KNOW** its out of date. Or is that what people do?

Thanks!



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Re: Correct way to ping a package maintainer about updating their package when it's WAY out of date?

#4 Post by Danathar »

arochester wrote: 2022-05-27 18:46 https://www.debian.org/support

Scroll down to "How to contact Package Maintainers"
thanks much!

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