Hi Sam,
I'd offer to fix RC bugs and do a QA upload while the packaging can be
maintained on Salsa in Debian/ team. Any external contributor can
easily get access to the repository. BTW, I stumbled upon zephyr since
bitlbee depends from it and got a testing removal warning due to
zephyr's RC bug.
Kind regards
Andreas.
Am Mon, Sep 08, 2025 at 09:49:28PM -0600 schrieb Sam Hartman:
> [added debathena to distribution]
>
> Karl died of cancer a few years ago.
> I tried to find an efficient solution for moving Zephyr forward.
> The debathena community (roughly Zephyr's upstream to the extent it has
> one)
> was more interested in a complete solution than one we could adopt
> quickly.
> But the effort to produce that solution never materialized.
> The issue is that VCS for Zephyr upstream and for the Debian packaging
> in Zephyr upstream has diverged somewhat from what is in Debian.
>
> I throw up my hands. I no longer have time/interest in Zephyr.
> I'd ask whether it still makes sense to include in Debian.
> If zephyr gets dropped, some things like Cyrus would need a rebuild and
> barnowl should probably be dropped entirely.
>
> If someone from debathena actually does want to step up and maintain
> Zephyr I'm happy to sponsor uploads at least until the person gets DM
> bits (if they do not already have them).
>
> >>>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Tille <[email protected]> writes:
>
> Andreas> Hi Sam and Karl, I realised that there were two uploads to
> Andreas> experimental with not so "experimental" changelog entries.
> Andreas> I'm specifically wondering about
>
> Andreas> Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2021 20:15:00 -0600
>
> Andreas> zephyr (3.1.2-2) experimental; urgency=medium . * Upload
> Andreas> only to set new maintainer and get Zephyr off MIA's plate *
> Andreas> I'm still trying to find VCS for the Debian packaging
> Andreas> before making any real changes
>
> Andreas> I'd offer moving the package to Debian/ team on Salsa and
> Andreas> try to find some solution for bug #1098197 when doing so.
>
> Andreas> Kind regards Andreas.
>
> Andreas> -- https://fam-tille.de
>
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