Nice! Thanks for keeping Debian healthy. I will close the old repository and point it to the Salsa repository.
On August 5, 2026 7:17:08 AM GMT+02:00, Andreas Tille <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi Simó, >Am Wed, Aug 05, 2026 at 12:08:00AM +0200 schrieb Simó Albert i Beltran: >> I can try to handle the maintenance individually, but I'd prefer to do it >> collectively. > >Thank you for your prompt response which proves my assumption you might >be missing in action wrong. That's why I revert the QA upload to >delayed and I'm happy I used the delayed queue. > >Please inspect this commit > > > https://salsa.debian.org/debian/laptop-detect/-/commit/d0233563565e01031c37d5985a9aa49b1215c19f > >which refers to Debian Commons maintenance > > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianCommons > >I think this implements what you wrote below. Please let me know if you want >me to upload this. > >Kind regards and thank you for maintaining laptop-detect > Andreas. > >> On August 4, 2026 7:28:23 AM GMT+02:00, Andreas Tille <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >Package: wnpp >> >Severity: normal >> >X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], Simó Albert i Beltran >> ><[email protected]>, [email protected], Package Salvaging Team >> ><[email protected]> >> >Control: affects -1 + src:laptop-detect >> > >> >I have prepared a QA upload of laptop-detect to DELAYED/15 to orphan the >> >package. >> > >> >This follows the guidance recently posted by the MIA team on >> >debian-project regarding packages maintained by Debian Contributors who >> >were active only for a relatively short period and have shown no Debian >> >activity for many years: >> > >> > https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2026/07/msg00030.html >> > >> >The maintainer (CCed) was active only during 2017 and, as far as I can >> >tell, has had no Debian activity since then. The package itself, >> >however, is still useful (its popularity has continued to grow and is >> >now close to 27,000 according to popcon), so removal does not appear >> >appropriate. Orphaning it instead should make its maintenance status >> >explicit and hopefully attract a new maintainer. >> > >> >The upload has been sent to DELAYED/15 to provide ample opportunity for >> >the maintainer to object. If the maintainer responds and wishes to >> >continue maintaining the package, I will cancel the upload. >> > >> >The package description is: >> > This package provides a simple shell script which attempts to determine >> > whether it is being run on a laptop (or similar portable machine). It is >> > mainly useful for installers. > >-- >https://fam-tille.de
