This is great news. Ive been using a local fork for a while -- i assumed this package was dead
https://salsa.debian.org/rpil2/checksecurity feel free to use any of this in debian. On Thu, 14 Nov 2024, 15:09 Andreas Tille, <ti...@debian.org> wrote: > Source: checksecurity > Version: 2.0.16+nmu4 > Severity: important > Tags: security > X-Debbugs-Cc: 388...@bugs.debian.org, 798...@bugs.debian.org, > 866...@bugs.debian.org, 988...@bugs.debian.org, 1031...@bugs.debian.org, > Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <j...@computer.org>, Package Salvaging Team > <team+salv...@tracker.debian.org>, Debian Security Team < > t...@security.debian.org> > > Hi > > I'm interested in salvaging your package checksecurity, in accordance > with the Package Salvaging procedure outlined in the Developers > Reference[1]. Your package meets the criteria for this process, and I > would love to assist in preserving and maintaining it. As the Salvage > process suggests, here is a list of the criteria that apply, in my > opinion: > > - NMUs, (more than one NMU in a row). > - Bugs filed against the package do not have answers from the > maintainer. > - There are QA issues with the package. > > I believe your package should be maintained by the Debian team on Salsa > and I've took the freedom to create a Salsa repository here[2]. If you > choose not to accept the ITS, I'd be more than happy to help you move it > to another location, wherever you prefer. My goal is to make it as easy > as possible for contributors to join your effort to maintain this > package. > > Your package was highlighted in the Bug of the Day[3] initiative, which > aims to introduce newcomers to manageable tasks and guide them through > the workflow to solve them. The focus of this initiative is on migrating > packages to Salsa, as it's a great way to familiarize newcomers with a > consistent Git-based workflow. > > Kind regards > Andreas. > > [1] > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.en.html#package-salvaging > [2] https://salsa.debian.org/debian/checksecurity > [3] https://salsa.debian.org/tille/tiny_qa_tools/-/wikis/Tiny-QA-tasks > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: trixie/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (50, > 'buildd-unstable'), (1, 'experimental') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 6.3.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT) > Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE > not set > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > LSM: AppArmor: enabled >
