By all means. We're all new to this process. =)
I just wanted to throw up a big red flag and make sure we actually did this right, especially as the last quickee backport blew up.
The main thing we're trying to do with vector is move to actually following the libraries@ process like other packages. Folks propose things, preferably with patches. The maintainer maintains it and ultimately decides on inclusion, like with everything else in the platform, etc.
Heretofore it has been more or less controlled chaos. That started when the package slid into community hands when Roman washed his hands of it, but it has led to the case where master and the stuff in wide use have been getting farther and farther out of sync.
-Edward