Hello, In most recent Ubuntu cycles, I've taken on the "archive bootstrapping" responsibility of adding the new Ubuntu codename to Lintian. I remember having some deeper conversations with the former Lintian maintainer regarding further contributions and maintenance, but I also recall some politics, and quite frankly, *I don't care*. Regardless, Lintian is something I look at every cycle.
I'm writing today to express my concern about the current state of Lintian maintenance. I already understand that there is an RFH filed against Lintian, but that has not received any sort of followup since 2022. The most recent Lintian upload is from March 2023, and as of the time of writing, there are 26 open merge requests[1]. I also understand that this is a volunteer team. My goal here is not to diminish the work of the current maintainers in any way, quite the opposite. I would simply like to ask, "do you need help?" I'm not volunteering to take over Lintian entirely, nor do I want to. That being said, I would be motivated to sort through the current MR list and at least shave off some technical debt. If this is something you are open to, or if anyone else would be open to this as well, I think it is a worthwhile effort. Lintian is crucially important for Debian development as it stands today. Before sponsoring a package, before uploading our own packages, and even once in the archive, we run Lintian all the time. I do not believe it is too late to put some additional minds behind this, to ensure Lintian survives for years to come. I simply feel as if *someone* should bump this thread, so we do not lose sight of it. Thank you for your time. Please do let me know if you have any questions, or if I can do anything else to help. [1] https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/merge_requests Warm regards, -- Simon Quigley si...@tsimonq2.net tsimonq2 on LiberaChat and OFTC @tsimonq2:ubuntu.com on Matrix 5C7A BEA2 0F86 3045 9CC8 C8B5 E27F 2CF8 458C 2FA4
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