Re: [backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)"

2023-07-28 Thread Nicholas D Steeves
Carsten Schoenert writes: > There is a private list there such information *can* be given, again, > there is no rule that I need to do this. > There are options if some other DD believes a package is needing an > update, that process is called NMU (non maintainer upload). Or if you > think

Re: [backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)"

2023-07-28 Thread Andrey Rakhmatullin
On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 11:08:38AM +, c.bu...@posteo.jp wrote: > So it is possible to have packages in the debian repo that don't run any > tests? I wasn't expecting this. Many packages don't have tests at all. For many of them tests are not possible or don't make much sense.

Re: [backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)"

2023-07-28 Thread c . buhtz
Dear Simon, thanks for your thougths. Am 28.07.2023 14:44 schrieb Simon McVittie: The other angle this could be approached from is as an upstream developer: IMHO this is the only angle it should be approached from because it is upstreams responsibility and Debian shouldn't waste resources

Re: [backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)"

2023-07-28 Thread Simon McVittie
On Fri, 28 Jul 2023 at 11:53:29 +0200, Carsten Schoenert wrote: > To quote from the BTS: > ---%<--- > > In 1.2 upstream added a test suite. We should run it during build > > (cd common && $(MAKE) test) but it needs to be able to write to the home > > directory, which is disabled on Debian

Re: [backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)"

2023-07-28 Thread Simon McVittie
On Fri, 28 Jul 2023 at 11:08:38 +, c.bu...@posteo.jp wrote: > Am 28.07.2023 11:53 schrieb Carsten Schoenert: > > I don't see any workaround and there is non needed. The bug issue is > > about the not usable upstream test suite that would need to be called > > through d/rules. > > Maybe this

Re: [backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)"

2023-07-28 Thread c . buhtz
Dear Carsten, thanks for taking time and replying. Am 28.07.2023 11:53 schrieb Carsten Schoenert: you really should read the Social Contract/DFSG, the Debian policy and the Developers reference a few times. I'll do. There is no rule that any DD or DM *must* do something in Debian, so you

Re: [backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)"

2023-07-28 Thread Carsten Schoenert
Hello Christian, Am 27.07.23 um 21:56 schrieb c.bu...@posteo.jp: Dear Carsten, thanks for your feedback, your kind words and your patience with my frustration. :) I was thinking about what it is what bothers me here. It is not that "the work" isn't done or bugs not fixed. It is that there is

Re: [backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)"

2023-07-28 Thread Mechtilde
Hello Christian, if you want to improve my understanding of Debian's build environment and learn more about it you should start to build yourself a package locally in a Debian's build environment. I went this way myself some years ago. We here at the list we can help you to do it yourself.

Re: [backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)"

2023-07-28 Thread c . buhtz
Dear Mechtilde, thanks for taking time to reply. Am 28.07.2023 07:31 schrieb Mechtilde: Did you try to build the last released version? What are your problems to build backintime? At upstream I have no problems to build and test it because I'm upstream. ;) But in my understanding the

Re: [backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)"

2023-07-28 Thread Mechtilde
Hello Christian, a short comment to your log mail, Am 27.07.23 um 21:56 schrieb c.bu...@posteo.jp: Dear Carsten, You might haven't read all ticket comments or I wasn't able to make my question clear. The intention of my last comments to that ticket are to understand how Jonathan worked

Re: [backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)"

2023-07-27 Thread c.buhtz
Dear Carsten, thanks for your feedback, your kind words and your patience with my frustration. :) I was thinking about what it is what bothers me here. It is not that "the work" isn't done or bugs not fixed. It is that there is no reaction; zero; total silence. The current Debian release is

Re: [backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)"

2023-07-23 Thread Carsten Schoenert
Hello Christian, Am 23.07.23 um 09:09 schrieb c.bu...@posteo.jp: Hello, On 2023-06-12 10:40 Jonathan Carter wrote: Adding DPT to at least uploaders and having the package VCS in the python-team namespace would probably be a good idea, but that's up to Jonathan Wiltshire. I have to state

Re: [backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)"

2023-07-23 Thread c.buhtz
Hello, On 2023-06-12 10:40 Jonathan Carter wrote: > Adding DPT to at least uploaders and having the package VCS in the > python-team namespace would probably be a good idea, but that's up to > Jonathan Wiltshire. I have to state that after 5 weeks of waiting there is no reaction from Jonathan

Re: [backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)"

2023-06-12 Thread Jonathan Carter
Hi On 2023/06/12 09:51, c.bu...@posteo.jp wrote: Currently Jonathan Wiltshire is official DM for that package. I'm sure he makes a good job as DM. But other packages might have higher priorities. He do not response in time and in some topics never. As upstream maintainer I miss the dialog

[backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)"

2023-06-12 Thread c . buhtz
Dear Python Team, dear Jonathan, first of all, please take my congratulations for the Debian 12 release yesterday. I'm member of the upstream maintenance team of "Back In Time" [1]. In short: I would like to switch its Debian Maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)". I'm a little concerned