Fedora Core 7 - Compiz vs Beryl

[Denis Leroy]

Horst H. von Brand wrote:
> Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
>> Some package owners are just way, way overloaded.
>> Recieving more email telling me I'm not looking at bugs isn't going to make
>> me look at more bugs any more than dealing with dozens of "Is anyone looking
>> at my bug?" bugmails.
> 
> The way out is recuiting more package owners... is there some place where
> one (sh|c)ould apply? Some "overseeing newbie owners" structure in place? 
> Some means of a package owner having a hill full of gnomes doing the
> footwork?

A better solution in some cases is to file the bug directly upstream. 
Not all package maintainers have the technical skills to debug a complex 
problem and cough up a complex patch, a lot of times all the maintainer 
is doing is forwarding the bug upstream.