Your message dated Sun, 21 Nov 2021 22:34:14 +0000 with message-id <e1movpa-0008oy...@fasolo.debian.org> and subject line Bug#996569: fixed in getmail6 6.18.4-2 has caused the Debian Bug report #996569, regarding getmail6 naming issues to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: getmail6 Version: 6.14-1 Hi, I'm the original author of getmail, which was included in the Debian repositories for a long time (until you dropped most packages depending on Python 2). getmail6 is a fork of getmail. I'm fine with forking; I chose the GPLv2 for a reason. However, the getmail6 package contains numerous bugs that are not present in getmail (they keep coming up, and I have reasons to believe this will continue to be the case for a significant time), and this is imposing a significant support burden on me. It also is harming the reputation of getmail, which has a long (23 years) history of very, very few bugs. No matter what the getmail6 documentation says, when users hit a problem with getmail6, they just web-search "getmail" and end up reporting it to my getmail users' mailing list, or directly to my personal email. And they generally do not mention the version number they're using. It takes signficant time and work to actually get to the point where I can point out that they're using getmail6 and not getmail, and that the bug they've hit is not present in getmail. So: fork is fine. Imposing a large support burden on the original project is not. I would appreciate it if this package/project was renamed to something that does not contain the word "getmail" or anything confusingly similar. I don't particularly care what - just as long as the package/project does not contain "getmail", which will significantly reduce the likelihood of users of that project from contacting me for support. I have requested this of the getmail6 author but have not had a positive response from him yet. Perhaps Sudip Mukherjee, the Debian package maintainer, can either help persuade the author of that package to change its name, or can rename the Debian package if not. Thank you, Charles -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Charles Cazabon <charlesc-getm...@pyropus.ca> Software, consulting, and services available at http://pyropus.ca/ ------------------------------------------------------------------
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--- Begin Message ---Source: getmail6 Source-Version: 6.18.4-2 Done: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukher...@gmail.com> We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of getmail6, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive. A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to 996...@bugs.debian.org, and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukher...@gmail.com> (supplier of updated getmail6 package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing ftpmas...@ftp-master.debian.org) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Format: 1.8 Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2021 22:12:39 +0000 Source: getmail6 Architecture: source Version: 6.18.4-2 Distribution: unstable Urgency: medium Maintainer: Debian Python Team <team+pyt...@tracker.debian.org> Changed-By: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukher...@gmail.com> Closes: 996569 Changes: getmail6 (6.18.4-2) unstable; urgency=medium . * Remove transitional package. (Closes: #996569) - Also add news about getmail6. Checksums-Sha1: 88b4e6e99f358c091a90bd69c99e659cf3fbe2e1 1997 getmail6_6.18.4-2.dsc 78bc8109708a200986892350493ae06cee3780c6 3060 getmail6_6.18.4-2.debian.tar.xz 598df862d8efdfc76c8529f0fa85837e2a5545f8 6630 getmail6_6.18.4-2_amd64.buildinfo Checksums-Sha256: 0f1e1eba7a2b7991c063513e728ee46a9867298f43a22c8a96fde9953b6972b8 1997 getmail6_6.18.4-2.dsc 14f66a066bd4a8efc1a9573f9c163bb6fafdaaf572ba6aa8316703ec972752ce 3060 getmail6_6.18.4-2.debian.tar.xz c96a3008e2813fa4808964e1adceb562e35de5492681d9de119ff2e0e321e7d8 6630 getmail6_6.18.4-2_amd64.buildinfo Files: d981519772350400a5b803290592e59d 1997 mail optional getmail6_6.18.4-2.dsc 8dcba28f1a7424a45d02520108d44520 3060 mail optional getmail6_6.18.4-2.debian.tar.xz 192f194d5aa50b02b81c7b7b51d39050 6630 mail optional getmail6_6.18.4-2_amd64.buildinfo -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEEuDQJkCg9jZvBlJrHR5mjUUbRKzUFAmGaxY0ACgkQR5mjUUbR KzXOMA/+IDdTFFvQL9AhzPHO9crTacm+agBwLGUkMimtYlmVbmMei2Nv3h8W6qA1 rvcjZxXpXpHJA+ZXMkhVoud+4HkvBzzzvP/slPuznOTY320IRst2rb2wDr7336Fy sCE7+kQLTM4eiGAM958tyEZ6T5cwZQugKDxbMLws2RGRCeiODHIOp2Dl217EDX75 8mDJj/3yaDrn2W6u2dqIWp/J8c7o+xkZucUc7Qyr9CGZWNJlOyKrl7wRGK54c0i7 0qwDNxq3OoJxkkVecVWPrV1p2OCsOUTy+S5BWM5M8JuQoKXmHg40y3u8vvspJg9M NVsgRPoLF+30VcNngpNaqUdK3qZZXwfiWMmxXrE3UJUQ09z+qvexuLpkWffG3j/F Ap0sPbVP8+EFUPxQmyw5l7Ks9rSvA2CRHBC86M2J8hTtkC4NMfTysEDAOa4pG0L6 Kxm1hXiBEoJAOnppr7A9tGxmripQgAiTkII7op4moMF0SIc2zOhV3dKmyT4NGn6P o92/0v3mq0fmfH5RKzGJJDbJ22oxbB4Z6ts2MtzFeuzfwDY1z7RvAGhyuZIwgdng rrcEB9dWkS3MRrIGyKiTYWSIRIKmXwgBI7BgAxKy36Qaj8BOPdOyYpytv34VXvQ1 ZxlkjSmKaylT4fkY0bIQZfodNv7534afzSOEEnnFTC0wEKyfef4= =gQw3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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