From: joy <joy@313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d>
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 18:36:28 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: moved the contacting maintainers section above the one about being unable to contact... 
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moved the contacting maintainers section above the one about being unable to contact maintainers (mmmh, logic)


git-svn-id: svn://anonscm.debian.org/ddp/manuals/trunk/developers-reference@2012 313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d
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diff --git a/developers-reference.sgml b/developers-reference.sgml
index d6b7e0d..84e5ca4 100644
--- a/developers-reference.sgml
+++ b/developers-reference.sgml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <!entity % commondata  SYSTEM "common.ent" > %commondata;
 
   <!-- CVS revision of this document -->
-  <!entity cvs-rev "$Revision: 1.153 $">
+  <!entity cvs-rev "$Revision: 1.154 $">
   <!-- if you are translating this document, please notate the CVS
        revision of the developers reference here -->
   <!--
@@ -3449,21 +3449,6 @@ also respect the maintainer's wishes if he expressed some.
 If someone doesn't feel confident with an NMU, he should just send a patch
 to the BTS. It's far better than a broken NMU.
 
-    <sect id="mia-qa">Dealing with unreachable maintainers
-      <p>
-If you notice that a package is lacking maintenance, you should
-make sure the maintainer is active and will continue to work on
-his packages. Try contacting him yourself.
-      <p>
-If you do not get a reply after a few weeks you should collect all 
-useful information about this maintainer. Start by logging into 
-the <url id="&url-debian-db;" name="Debian Developer's Database">
-and doing a full search to check whether the maintainer is on vacation
-and when they were last seen. Collect any important package names
-they maintain and any Release Critical bugs filed against them.
-      <p>
-Send all this information to &email-debian-qa;, in order to let the 
-QA people do whatever is needed.
 
     <sect id="contacting-maintainers">Contacting other maintainers
       <p>
@@ -3486,6 +3471,23 @@ You can do so by using the <tt>&lt;package-name&gt;@&pts-host;</tt>
 email address.
 
 
+    <sect id="mia-qa">Dealing with unreachable maintainers
+      <p>
+If you notice that a package is lacking maintenance, you should
+make sure the maintainer is active and will continue to work on
+his packages. Try contacting him yourself.
+      <p>
+If you do not get a reply after a few weeks you should collect all 
+useful information about this maintainer. Start by logging into 
+the <url id="&url-debian-db;" name="Debian Developer's Database">
+and doing a full search to check whether the maintainer is on vacation
+and when they were last seen. Collect any important package names
+they maintain and any Release Critical bugs filed against them.
+      <p>
+Send all this information to &email-debian-qa;, in order to let the 
+QA people do whatever is needed.
+
+
     <sect id="newmaint">
       <heading>Interacting with prospective Debian developers</heading>
       <p>