Package: wnpp Severity: normal I intend to orphan the splitpatch package.
The package description is: Divide a patch or diff file into pieces. The split can made by file or by hunk basis. This makes is possible to separate changes that might not be desirable or assemble the patch into more coherent set of changes. . The hunk option opens up possibility to compare similar patches hunk-by-hunk using tool like interdiff(1) from patchutils package. Operating on hunk level also gives more control, similar to Git, to selectively shelve in changes e.g. to Version Control repository. IMPORTANT additonal information: Currently, splitpatch has two upstream places, managed by two distinct person (Benjamin Close[1] and Jari Aalto[2]). Jari doesn't allow one to sent issues to the project. He accepts pull requests only. It is a bit compicated because we can't forward bugs (does he want solutions only?). The Benjamin's repository is outdated in relation to Jari's repository. When I sent a pull request to Jari[3] he applied it. However, Chris Lamb had sent the same pull request to Benjamin[4] and it was closed with a explanation: "closing, because the new upstream is https://github.com/jaalto/splitpatch and it already merged the patch". I asked to Benjamin to release a new version because already there are several changes since 2017 (the last release)[5]. To my surprise, Jari answered, via Benjamin's repository, saying about no new releases possible. He also asked to Benjamin to apply the pull request from Chris. Well, we have a upstream (Jari) that seems want solutions only, not problems. There are some interesting information here[6][7]. The original upstream place is here[8]. [1] https://github.com/benjsc/splitpatch [2] https://github.com/jaalto/splitpatch [3] https://github.com/jaalto/splitpatch/pull/6 [4] https://github.com/benjsc/splitpatch/pull/10 [5] https://github.com/benjsc/splitpatch/issues/11 [6] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=920075 [7] https://lists.debian.org/debian-newmaint/2013/05/msg00034.html [8] https://www.clearchain.com/blog/posts/splitting-a-patch Regards, Eriberto