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| − | There can be situations where a certain package on Hackage is in the need of an update (typical example: a package cannot be compiled with some of the versions of the dependencies; or, on the contrary, dependencies list needs a version bump), but the maintainer of the package is unavailable. Luckily there is a general policy that allows users to submit patched versions of the packages |
+ | There can be situations where a certain package on Hackage is in the need of an update (a typical example: a package cannot be compiled with some of the versions of the dependencies; or, on the contrary, dependencies list needs a version bump), but the maintainer of the package is unavailable. Luckily, there is a general policy that allows users to submit patched versions of the packages or even completely take over unmaintained packages. |
| − | + | # Try to contact the maintainer. Give him/her reasonable time to respond. |
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| − | + | # State your intention to take over the package in a public forum (e.g., the haskell-cafe/libraries list). CC the maintainer. |
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| − | + | # Wait a while. |
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| − | + | # Send an email to the Hackage admin list, with a link to the public email thread. |
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| − | + | # The admins or trustees will grant you maintenance rights or upload a patched version for you. |
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There is a faster way of gaining maintainership of a package, but it requires the current maintainer to be reachable: |
There is a faster way of gaining maintainership of a package, but it requires the current maintainer to be reachable: |
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| − | + | * The original maintainer can just give you access at http://hackage.haskell.org/package/<package>/maintainers/ |
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| − | OR |
+ | ''OR'' |
| − | + | * The maintainer emails the Hackage admin list, saying s/he wants you to take over the package. |
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Revision as of 15:57, 1 February 2014
There can be situations where a certain package on Hackage is in the need of an update (a typical example: a package cannot be compiled with some of the versions of the dependencies; or, on the contrary, dependencies list needs a version bump), but the maintainer of the package is unavailable. Luckily, there is a general policy that allows users to submit patched versions of the packages or even completely take over unmaintained packages.
- Try to contact the maintainer. Give him/her reasonable time to respond.
- State your intention to take over the package in a public forum (e.g., the haskell-cafe/libraries list). CC the maintainer.
- Wait a while.
- Send an email to the Hackage admin list, with a link to the public email thread.
- The admins or trustees will grant you maintenance rights or upload a patched version for you.
There is a faster way of gaining maintainership of a package, but it requires the current maintainer to be reachable:
- The original maintainer can just give you access at http://hackage.haskell.org/package/<package>/maintainers/
OR
- The maintainer emails the Hackage admin list, saying s/he wants you to take over the package.