Re: Bug#701536: RM: subsurface -- RoQA; unmaintained package, maintainer MIA

2013-03-04 Thread Robert C. Helling
On Sun, 3 Mar 2013, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: On 03/03/2013 10:35 PM, Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn wrote: On Sun, 3 Mar 2013, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: The license issue was just an example (hence the braces). The reasoning is that the Debian packaging is supposed to be independent

Re: Bug#701536: RM: subsurface -- RoQA; unmaintained package, maintainer MIA

2013-03-03 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 03/04/2013 03:37 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > A great place for maintaining the packaging for Debian is github, for > example. Many DDs, including myself, think it's better to host Debian stuff on Debian infrastructure (that is: alioth.debian.org), and that the problem with platforms s

Re: Bug#701536: RM: subsurface -- RoQA; unmaintained package, maintainer MIA

2013-03-03 Thread Dirk Hohndel
John Paul Adrian Glaubitz writes: > The license issue was just an example (hence the braces). The reasoning > is that the Debian packaging is supposed to be independent of upstream, > especially since we cannot always follow upstream, during a freeze, for > example. That makes sense. > Assume

Re: Bug#701536: RM: subsurface -- RoQA; unmaintained package, maintainer MIA

2013-03-03 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 03/03/2013 10:35 PM, Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn wrote: On Sun, 3 Mar 2013, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: The license issue was just an example (hence the braces). The reasoning is that the Debian packaging is supposed to be independent of upstream, especially since we cannot always follow u

Re: Bug#701536: RM: subsurface -- RoQA; unmaintained package, maintainer MIA

2013-03-03 Thread Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn
On Sun, 3 Mar 2013, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > The license issue was just an example (hence the braces). The reasoning is > that the Debian packaging is supposed to be independent of upstream, > especially since we cannot always follow upstream, during a freeze, for > example. > Assume we

Re: Bug#701536: RM: subsurface -- RoQA; unmaintained package, maintainer MIA

2013-03-03 Thread Dirk Hohndel
John Paul Adrian Glaubitz writes: > > On 03/03/2013 08:33 PM, Dirk Hohndel wrote: >> Would you consider adding one of the active contributors to Subsurface >> as a co-maintainer? This is currently a really fast moving project >> (3.0.2 will come out tonight or tomorrow, 3.1 is planned for next mon

Re: Bug#701536: RM: subsurface -- RoQA; unmaintained package, maintainer MIA

2013-03-03 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 03/03/2013 08:51 PM, Dirk Hohndel wrote: I'd also be happy to review and sponsor any uploads. We have several people who offered to step up, a couple of them are copied on this email... Great. Just in case ;). PS: would it be useful for me to include the Debian packaging files in the git

Re: Bug#701536: RM: subsurface -- RoQA; unmaintained package, maintainer MIA

2013-03-03 Thread Dirk Hohndel
Khalid El Fathi writes: > Hi, > > Sorry to answer only now... I was busy with my work. I think I can update the > package soon. That's great news. Would you consider adding one of the active contributors to Subsurface as a co-maintainer? This is currently a really fast moving project (3.0.2 wi

Re: Bug#701536: RM: subsurface -- RoQA; unmaintained package, maintainer MIA

2013-03-03 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi, On 03/03/2013 08:33 PM, Dirk Hohndel wrote: Would you consider adding one of the active contributors to Subsurface as a co-maintainer? This is currently a really fast moving project (3.0.2 will come out tonight or tomorrow, 3.1 is planned for next month) and it might be easier to have someon

Re: Bug#701536: RM: subsurface -- RoQA; unmaintained package, maintainer MIA

2013-03-03 Thread Khalid El Fathi
Hi, Sorry to answer only now... I was busy with my work. I think I can update the package soon. Sincerely, Le 3 mars 2013 à 18:36, Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn a écrit : > On Sun, 3 Mar 2013, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >> >>> The maintainer seems MIA since June 2012, not responding to bug

Re: Bug#701536: RM: subsurface -- RoQA; unmaintained package, maintainer MIA

2013-03-03 Thread Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn
On Sun, 3 Mar 2013, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > > The maintainer seems MIA since June 2012, not responding to bug > > reports nor direct mails. > > The two most recent upstream releases not packaged. > > Why would this be a reason to *remove* a package? Especially after > such a short time

Re: Bug#701536: RM: subsurface -- RoQA; unmaintained package, maintainer MIA

2013-03-03 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
> The maintainer seems MIA since June 2012, not responding to bug > reports nor direct mails. > The two most recent upstream releases not packaged. Why would this be a reason to *remove* a package? Especially after such a short time. The package hasn't even been orphaened. I have seen packages in