Control: tags -1 +pending The Wanderer <wande...@fastmail.fm> writes:
> On 2020-12-23 at 02:08, Arto Jantunen wrote: > >> The Wanderer <wande...@fastmail.fm> writes: > >>> I've decided it's worth the effort to become the new upstream for >>> this, and confirmed with the original author that he has no >>> objections, as he is no longer spending any time maintaining it. >>> >>> Version 1.5.7, based on Python 3 rather than Python 2, is now >>> available from: >>> >>> https://github.com/inverseparadox/moosic >>> >>> Please consider packaging this version, if possible in time to meet >>> the release freeze. > >>> Please let me know if there's anything I can do to help move this >>> forward. >> >> You've done the big part of the work already. I'll try to take care >> of updating the package as soon as I can, but due to commitments >> related to the holiday season that will probably take a week or so. >> That should still give us barely enough time before the freeze. > > I am *very* glad to hear that. After sending the above, I discovered > that the package had in fact already been removed from both testing and > unstable; I was starting to be concerned that it might need a full RFP / > ITP / RFS / trip-through-NEW / etc. cycle, which could be more of a > problem and more time-consuming than I'd prefer to engage with at this > stage. > > While obviously making the release freeze would be preferable, don't > worry too much if you can't make that time-frame on your end; I'd still > be happier with the package available in sid (or even experimental) than > with it dropped entirely, even if it doesn't get shipped with the next > release. > >> Thanks a lot for the work you did here. > > Thank *you* for picking this package back up, even with the upstream > side already handled! > > My "if there's anything I can do to help" on this still stands, so long > as I continue to have the time and other capacity to spare. The package has been uploaded and is in NEW awaiting processing by the FTP team. -- Arto Jantunen
