Hi Jakub, On Dienstag, 22. Mai 2012, Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Dmitry Nezhevenko <d...@dion.org.ua>, 2012-05-16, 11:57: > >I'm trying to package a ReviewBoard package that depends on > >django-pipeline module. Unfortunately there is already another package > >named python-pipeline in debian that uses same python module name > >(pipeline). This another package is orphaned for a year: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=620067 > > > >I've asked it's upstream and author is going to rename it to something > > > >else: > > http://code.google.com/p/python-pipeline/issues/detail?id=1
but it seems this issue is stalled. > >apt-cache rdepends shows nothing for current python-pipeline. Also > > > >popcon shows only 48 installation without information about usage: > > http://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=python-pipeline > > > >So I'm asking how to deal with it? django-pipeline looks like more > >popular according to project github page and bugtracker. > > > >Holger suggests to ask here and thinks that it's better to remove > >orphaned pipeline package. > > How would the removal help? well, with the following request from yours, not much: > With my upstream and ex-maintainer hats on, I'm fine with removing > python-pipeline from unstable. However, I object to another package > taking over the module name. So the current situation is, that a package which is orphaned, has a low popcon score, no reverse depends and which the upstream maintainer is fine being removed from Debian, blocks another package, which is a depends for reviewboard (see reviewboard.org), which is a rather useful package, which now probably will not make it into wheezy because of this. I think this is a pretty sad situation. Frankly I wonder if it's reasonable to listen to your objections or not. You clearly stated you don't care about python-pipeline in Debian (sid), so I'm not sure you have any grounds blocking django-pipeline to enter. Comments, suggestions, ideas? cheers, Holger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201206080956.58444.hol...@layer-acht.org
