Re: Upcoming removals
* Igor Stroh [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005-05-06 22:10]: From what I can tell, cantus3 doesn't actually provide all of the functionality originally present in cantus. And it won't either -- the upstream is unresponsive and seems to have no interest neither in incorporating bug fixes nor in adding features which the package formerly claimed to be offering[0]. I'd suggest to remove cantus3 from the archive if it wouldn't have so many users (according to popcon.d.o) - there are better Has there been any agreement about what to do with cantus and cantus3? Since you're the maintainer of cantus3 and you suggest it's removal, can you go ahead and file a bug report on ftp.d.o? Should cantus be removed too? -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Upcoming removals
* Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005-05-03 14:54]: I intend to ask for removal of the following packages in the next few days unless someone is willing to step up as maintainer. All of these packages have been orphaned for over 60 days and have never been part of a stable release; none of them have any reverse (build-)dependencies. ... I will now ask for removal of these packages, with the exception of: - cantus/cantus3: situation unclear; waiting for maintainer of cantus3 to decide - bbconf: will be adopted - langband/langband-data: will be adopted - audio-cd: someone has indicated interest in this -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Orphaning cantus3 [was: Re: Upcoming removals]
Martin Michlmayr wrote: * Igor Stroh [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005-05-06 22:10]: From what I can tell, cantus3 doesn't actually provide all of the functionality originally present in cantus. And it won't either -- the upstream is unresponsive and seems to have no interest neither in incorporating bug fixes nor in adding features which the package formerly claimed to be offering[0]. I'd suggest to remove cantus3 from the archive if it wouldn't have so many users (according to popcon.d.o) - there are better Has there been any agreement about what to do with cantus and cantus3? Since you're the maintainer of cantus3 and you suggest it's removal, can you go ahead and file a bug report on ftp.d.o? I don't like the idea of removing cantus3 right away, maybe there's someone who's actually using it and is willing to take over its' maintenance. Anyone up to adopt it? If nobody speaks up, I'll request a removal. Should cantus be removed too? Yes, imho it's outdated. I'll file a bug report against ftp.d.o. Cheers, Igor -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Orphaning cantus3 [was: Re: Upcoming removals]
* Igor Stroh [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005-05-20 01:18]: Has there been any agreement about what to do with cantus and cantus3? Since you're the maintainer of cantus3 and you suggest it's removal, can you go ahead and file a bug report on ftp.d.o? I don't like the idea of removing cantus3 right away, maybe there's someone who's actually using it and is willing to take over its' maintenance. Maybe it should be removed from sarge but stay in unstable for now? Should cantus be removed too? Yes, imho it's outdated. I'll file a bug report against ftp.d.o. No, reassign the existing WNPP bug to ftp.d.o. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Upcoming removals
On Sun, May 08, 2005 at 11:26:34PM -0400, Bruno Barrera C. wrote: On Mon, 2005-05-09 at 00:24 +0200, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: Your latest comment in #259581 is completely different from this -- please keep the relevant wnpp bug in the loop for stuff like this! Specifically, your latest recorded comment about bbconf is No, I will not take care about bbconf, so I really think that you should file a removal request. --Jeroen I think you didn't read my first email. My point was Not wanting to maintain it != Saying that you think it should be removed from unstable, while on -devel you elaborated that you agree with the first, but disagree with the second -- which isn't clear at all from the wnpp buglog. I still suggest at least mentioning there that you think it should not be removed. --Jeroen -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED] (also for Jabber MSN; ICQ: 33944357) http://Jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl
Re: Upcoming removals
On Sat, 2005-05-07 at 15:01 -0400, Bruno Barrera C. wrote: So, I recently sent an email to the bbconf upstream to know if they're going to keep working on it. Therefore, I think that we should wait a bit to know his answers and then I will reply. Quoting Upstream: Hm. Well, I agree, it's broken temporarily. I've not had time to update bbconf to work with the latest release of bbkeys. I will try to get to it in the next couple of weeks. I'd like to see it not dropped. =:) thanks!! =:) So, I think that we should wait before drop it. I will work with him in order to fix the bugs fast. -- Bruno Barrera C. I'm a soldier, not a monster. Even though if I sometimes work for monsters. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Upcoming removals
On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 03:01:16PM -0400, Bruno Barrera C. wrote: On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 14:54 +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: I intend to ask for removal of the following packages in the next few days unless someone is willing to step up as maintainer. All of these packages have been orphaned for over 60 days and have never been part of a stable release; none of them have any reverse (build-)dependencies. #259581: O: bbconf -- A Blackbox configuration utility Reported by: Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 291 days old. As Maintainer of blackbox and bbkeys, I'm interested to know what is going on with this package. Like I said, I don't want to maintain bbconf, but the blackbox and bbkeys upstream is alive again, and they incorporated into its description that bbconf should work with that programs. So, I recently sent an email to the bbconf upstream to know if they're going to keep working on it. Therefore, I think that we should wait a bit to know his answers and then I will reply. Your latest comment in #259581 is completely different from this -- please keep the relevant wnpp bug in the loop for stuff like this! Specifically, your latest recorded comment about bbconf is No, I will not take care about bbconf, so I really think that you should file a removal request. --Jeroen -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED] (also for Jabber MSN; ICQ: 33944357) http://Jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl
Re: Upcoming removals
On Mon, 2005-05-09 at 00:24 +0200, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: Your latest comment in #259581 is completely different from this -- please keep the relevant wnpp bug in the loop for stuff like this! Specifically, your latest recorded comment about bbconf is No, I will not take care about bbconf, so I really think that you should file a removal request. --Jeroen I think you didn't read my first email. Quoting myself: Like I said, I don't want to maintain bbconf, but the blackbox and bbkeys upstream is alive again, and they incorporated into its description that bbconf should work with that programs. In fact, I don't wanted to maintain bbconf, but since upstream replied that he would work in order to keep it working with bbkeys and blackbox (and their upstreams are alive again too), I will take care about it. Ehm, you're right, I will send an explanation to the WNPP bug. -- Bruno Barrera C. I'm a soldier, not a monster. Even though if I sometimes work for monsters. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Upcoming removals
On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 14:54 +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: I intend to ask for removal of the following packages in the next few days unless someone is willing to step up as maintainer. All of these packages have been orphaned for over 60 days and have never been part of a stable release; none of them have any reverse (build-)dependencies. #259581: O: bbconf -- A Blackbox configuration utility Reported by: Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 291 days old. As Maintainer of blackbox and bbkeys, I'm interested to know what is going on with this package. Like I said, I don't want to maintain bbconf, but the blackbox and bbkeys upstream is alive again, and they incorporated into its description that bbconf should work with that programs. So, I recently sent an email to the bbconf upstream to know if they're going to keep working on it. Therefore, I think that we should wait a bit to know his answers and then I will reply. -- Bruno Barrera C. I'm a soldier, not a monster. Even though if I sometimes work for monsters. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Upcoming removals
Martin Michlmayr wrote: #287985: O: cantus -- Gnome tool to mass-rename/tag mp3 and ogg files Reported by: Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 123 days old. obsoleted by cantus3 which is packaged already From what I can tell, cantus3 doesn't actually provide all of the functionality originally present in cantus. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Upcoming removals
Ari Pollak wrote: Martin Michlmayr wrote: #287985: O: cantus -- Gnome tool to mass-rename/tag mp3 and ogg files Reported by: Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 123 days old. obsoleted by cantus3 which is packaged already From what I can tell, cantus3 doesn't actually provide all of the functionality originally present in cantus. And it won't either -- the upstream is unresponsive and seems to have no interest neither in incorporating bug fixes nor in adding features which the package formerly claimed to be offering[0]. I'd suggest to remove cantus3 from the archive if it wouldn't have so many users (according to popcon.d.o) - there are better tools for GNOME/GTK2 with same or better functionality[1]. [0]: formerly, 'cos I removed them from the long package description [1]: e.g. tagtool, easytag, exfalso [from quodlibet] etc. Cheers, Igor -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Upcoming removals
Hello François, * François-Denis Gonthier [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005-05-04 10:08]: On May 3, 2005 09:54 am, Martin Michlmayr wrote: #297426: O: langband -- The langband Common lisp game Reported by: Kevin M. Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 63 days old. #297427: O: langband-data -- The Langband sound/image/etc files for langband engine Reported by: Kevin M. Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 63 days old. Can a non-DD (like me) take over those packages? Yes there is no problem with this. But you have to search for someone who uploads the package for you (sponsor). For example you can ask for one on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards Nico -- Nico Golde - [EMAIL PROTECTED] | GPG: 1024D/73647CFF http://www.ngolde.de | http://www.muttng.org | http://grml.org VIM has two modes - the one in which it beeps and the one in which it doesn't -- encrypted mail preferred pgpHWGk712x1G.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Upcoming removals
On May 4, 2005 04:38 am, Nico Golde wrote: Hello François, * François-Denis Gonthier [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005-05-04 10:08]: On May 3, 2005 09:54 am, Martin Michlmayr wrote: #297426: O: langband -- The langband Common lisp game Reported by: Kevin M. Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 63 days old. #297427: O: langband-data -- The Langband sound/image/etc files for langband engine Reported by: Kevin M. Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 63 days old. Can a non-DD (like me) take over those packages? Yes there is no problem with this. But you have to search for someone who uploads the package for you (sponsor). For example you can ask for one on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards Nico Ow :( Both are gone of http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/rfa_bypackage, I guess that means I'm too late? F-D.G.
Re: Upcoming removals
* François-Denis Gonthier [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005-05-04 11:05]: Both are gone of http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/rfa_bypackage, I guess that means I'm too late? No, they are listed at http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/orphaned rfa_bypackage is for packages which are RFA: Request For Adoption. The maintainer is looking for someone to take over but they maintain it in the meantime. orphaned is for packages which are O: orphaned. They maintained is no longer maintaining the package; the QA team is supposed to do low level maintenance work until it's adopted or removed from the archive. Read http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp for more information. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Upcoming removals
On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 04:29:37PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: * Fran?ois-Denis Gonthier [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005-05-04 11:05]: Both are gone of http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/rfa_bypackage, I guess that means I'm too late? No, they are listed at http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/orphaned Also, the bug in question had package - description, not package -- description. At least the overview on PTS won't show the bug then. --Jeroen -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED] (also for Jabber MSN; ICQ: 33944357) http://Jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Upcoming removals
I intend to ask for removal of the following packages in the next few days unless someone is willing to step up as maintainer. All of these packages have been orphaned for over 60 days and have never been part of a stable release; none of them have any reverse (build-)dependencies. #259581: O: bbconf -- A Blackbox configuration utility Reported by: Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 291 days old. #263704: O: sced -- A program for creating 3D scenes. Reported by: Enrique Zanardi [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 271 days old. ScEd has been unmaintained upstream since June 2000. In the meantime Blender has become a killer free software app for 3D scene editing and rendering #263874: O: simplecdrx -- SimpleCDR-X is a frontend for CD writing and mastering Reported by: Benoit Joly [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 270 days old. #279398: O: masqdialer -- daemon for remote control of masqueraded dialup links Reported by: Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 181 days old. #279593: O: vcr -- v4l video capture program Reported by: Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 180 days old. #279505: O: linup -- Client for the Uptimes Project Reported by: Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 180 days old. #279816: O: vrel -- Virtual Reality Engine Language parser Reported by: Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 179 days old. #282426: O: ic35link -- Synchronization tools for the Siemens IC35 PDA Reported by: Erich Schubert [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 162 days old. #287985: O: cantus -- Gnome tool to mass-rename/tag mp3 and ogg files Reported by: Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 123 days old. obsoleted by cantus3 which is packaged already #288007: O: strategoxt -- Language transformation tools for programmers Reported by: Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 122 days old. #288334: O: imagefs -- Creates a virtual FAT12 file system in a single file. Reported by: Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 120 days old. #288209: O: audio-cd -- Library to handle CDDB and low-level cd io calls Reported by: Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 120 days old. #289027: O: middleman -- web content caching and filtering proxy server Reported by: Cedric Delfosse [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 116 days old. no longer maintained upstream #289430: O: libcgi-validate-perl -- Advanced CGI form parser and type validation Reported by: Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 114 days old. #292754: O: libcpanplus-perl -- Download and install perl modules from CPAN - in a modern way Reported by: Marc Brockschmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 93 days old. wacky packaging and out of date with upstream #297429: O: lw-per-installer -- Installer for Lispworks ANSI Common Lisp System, Personal Edition Reported by: Kevin M. Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 63 days old. #297432: O: lw-pro-installer-43 -- Installer for Xanalys Lispworks Common Lisp System, version 4.3 Reported by: Kevin M. Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 63 days old. #297441: O: pdp1-lisp -- Early Lisp interpreter for a PDP-1 emulator Reported by: Kevin M. Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 63 days old. #297425: O: iozone3 -- Filesystem and Disk Benchmarking Tool Reported by: Kevin M. Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 63 days old. #297443: O: python-aima -- Python code for the an Artificial Intelligence book Reported by: Kevin M. Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 63 days old. #297426: O: langband -- The langband Common lisp game Reported by: Kevin M. Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 63 days old. #297427: O: langband-data -- The Langband sound/image/etc files for langband engine Reported by: Kevin M. Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 63 days old. #298151: O: gtk-engines-mac2 -- Mac2 theme for GTK+ Reported by: Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 59 days old. #298386: O: libmp3hip -- A Python interface to the libmp3hip library Reported by: Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 57 days old. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Upcoming removals
On May 3, 2005 09:54 am, Martin Michlmayr wrote: #297426: O: langband -- The langband Common lisp game Reported by: Kevin M. Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 63 days old. #297427: O: langband-data -- The Langband sound/image/etc files for langband engine Reported by: Kevin M. Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 63 days old. Can a non-DD (like me) take over those packages? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Upcoming removals
François-Denis Gonthier wrote: On May 3, 2005 09:54 am, Martin Michlmayr wrote: #297426: O: langband -- The langband Common lisp game Reported by: Kevin M. Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 63 days old. #297427: O: langband-data -- The Langband sound/image/etc files for langband engine Reported by: Kevin M. Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 63 days old. Can a non-DD (like me) take over those packages? Yes. You just need a sponsor to upload. - Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
