Debian debates amd64 port
Debian debates amd64 port
Posted Jul 26, 2004 9:50 UTC (Mon) by piman (guest, #8957)In reply to: Debian debates amd64 port by mmealman
Parent article: Debian debates amd64 port
Rather than becoming a developer, you could have simply submitted a patch to the BTS, prepared an NMU, and asked another developer to sponsor it for you. That would have taken much less time (probably a month at most waiting for a sponsor; I don't know what kind of patch-writing skills you have).
Given the level of trust and skill required to maintain Debian packages, 8 months seems more than reasonable. Maybe it's not enough, because my NM process took 8 months, and I've had my share of mistakes.
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