[Python-modules-team] Bug#883366: python-mechanicalsoup: new upstream version 0.9.0

[Paul Wise]

On Sat, 2017-12-09 at 18:04 +0000, Ghislain Vaillant wrote:

> I'd be happy to update the packaging of MechanicalSoup to the latest 
> upstream release. However, version 0.8.0 has been under RFS for more 
> than a month, and has yet to be answered [1].

I would suggest that you follow the Python team FAQ about sponsoring:

https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/PythonModulesTeam/HowToJoin#Request_For_Sponsorship

So, when you file an RFS, XCC the debian-python list, add it to the IRC
channel topic, mention the RFS and add it to the TODO wiki page.

https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting#xcc

> This is not an isolated case unfortunately, and my personal motivation 
> is suffering as a result.

You can also ping the folks who sponsored the package before:

$ who-uploads python-mechanicalsoup
Uploads for python-mechanicalsoup:
0.7.0-1 to unstable: Gianfranco Costamagna <locutusofborg at debian.org>
0.6.0-1 to unstable: Anton Gladky <gladk at debian.org>

Debian's general lack of people regularly doing sponsorship is a long
standing problem that needs a change of culture to fix. In recent years
it has been changing a bit as new people dedicate some of their Debian
time to sponsoring. We still have some way to go though.

-- 
bye,
pabs

https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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