On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 07:47:06PM +0100, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote: > cppcheck [1] has been removed from testing [2] because of a sourceless > javascript file [3].
Indeed, sourceless files in the source is bad.
> Because of this I packaged (with patch and thanks from Octavio) a new dfsg
> version and uploaded on mentors [4] some time ago.
> (I'm uploading it again right now since I forgot to put the bug reference
> into the changelog)
>
> Also packaging the new release [5], give a gui [6] and html reporter [7]
> would be nice and I think easy to achieve, but it requires a go through the
> new queue and it is almost out of the scope of an NMU.
>
> I personally consider cppcheck a great package, that helped so far me in
> spotting many possible vulnerabilities in packages I comaintain, helping me
> in providing more secure packages in debian repositories (as well as sending
> security fixes upstream).
Yes, cppcheck is a very nice static checker for C code, and I regularly use it
myself.
> So, please, can anybody sponsor this package and upload or just reject it
> from mentors?
It seems Vincent Cheng has uploaded a delayed NMU already, but that is just
ixing bug #735502, not a new version. Have you also tried to contact the
current maintainer, Reijo Tomperi, directly? It would be better to coordinate
with him if possible.
> I really would like to comaintain this package, but this is out of the scope
> of this mail.
If Reijo is still active, you should discuss that with him. If he is not, then
I'll be happy to sponsor your packaging efforts and be co-maintainer. Perhaps
Octavio wants to be co-maintainer as well.
--
Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
Guus Sliepen <g...@debian.org>
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