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should first check the <url id="&url-wnpp;" name="Work-Needing and
Prospective Packages (WNPP)"> list. Checking the WNPP ensures that no
one is already working on packaging that software, and that effort is
-not duplicated. Assuming no one else is already working on your
-prospective package, you must then send a short email to
-&email-debian-devel; describing your plan to create a new package.
-You should set the subject of the email to ``intent to package
-<var>foo</var>'', substituting the name of the new package for
-<var>foo</var>.
+not duplicated. Read the <url id="&url-wnpp;" name="WNPP web pages"> for
+more information.
<p>
There are a number of reasons why we ask maintainers to follow these
steps:
against <tt>ftp.debian.org</tt> asking to remove the package with the
obsolete name.
-
-
<sect id="orphaning">Orphaning a package
<p>
-If you can no longer maintain a package, then you should set the
-package maintainer to <tt>Debian QA Group
-<debian-qa@lists.debian.org></tt> and email &email-wnpp;
-indicating that the package is now orphaned. If the package is
-especially crucial to Debian, you should instead email
-&email-debian-devel; asking for a new maintainer.
-
+If you can no longer maintain a package, you need to inform the others
+about that, and see that the package is marked as orphaned. Read
+instructions on the <url id="&url-wnpp;" name="WNPP web pages"> for more
+information.
<sect id="adopting">Adopting a package
<p>
-Periodically, a listing of packages in need of new maintainers will be
-sent to &email-debian-devel list. This list is also available at in
-the Work-Needing and Prospective Packages document (WNPP), <url
-id="&url-wnpp;">. If you wish to take over maintenance of any of the
-packages listed in the WNPP, or if you can no longer maintain a
-packages you have, or you simply want to know if any one is working on
-a new package, send a message to &email-wnpp;.
+A list of packages in need of a new maintainer is available at in the
+<url name="Work-Needing and Prospective Packages list (WNPP)"
+id="&url-wnpp;">. If you wish to take over maintenance of any of the
+packages listed in the WNPP, please take a look at the aforementioned
+page for more information.
<p>
It is not OK to simply take over a package that you feel is neglected
-- that would be package hijacking. You can, of course, contact the