Am Sun, Oct 12, 2025 at 11:50:52PM +0200 schrieb Pali Rohár: > As it can be seen, it was already decided to remove this stormlib > package from Debian archives.
Apropos "decided" you should have received a testing removal warning first. I'd like to repeat: That's an automatic process triggered by open RC bugs. > And smpq package was already removed. > So at this stage removal stage it does not make sense to do anything > with this package. > > For future reference, debian packaging of this stormlib package is > available in bzr repository, with whole history at: > https://code.launchpad.net/~pali/smpq/stormlib > > Into git, it can be imported/converted by: > sudo apt install git-remote-bzr > git clone bzr::lp:~pali/smpq/stormlib For your comfort I did so and https://salsa.debian.org/games-team/stormlib now contains this history. I have not found a repository for smpq at that location. If you can provide one I can help you with some repository as well (including a fix for the open RC bug). Hope this helps Andreas. > On Thursday 02 October 2025 11:28:13 Andreas Tille wrote: > > Source: stormlib > > Version: 9.22-1 > > Severity: important > > X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], Debian Games Team > > <[email protected]>, Pali Rohár > > <[email protected]>, Package Salvaging Team > > <[email protected]> > > > > Hi Pali, > > > > Before getting into the details: I remember there was some unfortunate > > miscommunication around llmnrd in the past. I may not fully understand > > what went wrong, but what I took from your comments in bug #1082667 was > > that you were okay with the action taken in the end. I want to be clear > > that in the case of stormlib my intention is to offer help, and that it > > is of course your decision how to proceed. > > > > I'm interested in salvaging the package stormlib, in accordance with the > > Package Salvaging procedure outlined in the Developers Reference[1]. > > This package meets the criteria for this process, and I would love to > > assist in preserving and maintaining it. As the Salvage process > > suggests, here is a list of the criteria that apply, in my opinion: > > > > - Bugs filed against the package do not have answers from the > > maintainer. > > - Upstream has released several versions > > - There are QA issues with the package. > > > > I believe the package would be a great addition to the Debian Games > > Team, and I took the liberty to create the Salsa repository here[2]. If > > you choose not to accept the ITS, I'd be more than happy to help you > > move it to another location, such as debian/, or wherever you prefer. My > > goal is to make it as easy as possible for you to join the team. I'd > > also be delighted to assist in adding you as a team member if you could > > share your Salsa login. > > > > As some additional info: the new upstream version dropped the symbols > > {Get,Set}Bits@Base. I checked that the only reverse dependency in Debian > > (smpq, which you also maintain) still builds fine after applying the > > cmake patch I forwarded to bug #1113512. Your input on this ABI change > > would be very helpful - strictly speaking, it would need a SOVERSION > > bump. > > > > > > This package was highlighted in the Bug of the Day[3] initiative, which > > aims to introduce newcomers to manageable tasks and guide them through > > the workflow to solve them. The focus of this initiative is on migrating > > packages to Salsa, as it's a great way to help newcomers become familiar > > with a consistent Git-based workflow. > > > > Kind regards > > Andreas. > > > > [1] > > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.en.html#package-salvaging > > [2] https://salsa.debian.org/games-team/stormlib > > [3] https://salsa.debian.org/qa/tiny_qa_tools/-/wikis/Tiny-QA-tasks > > > > -- System Information: > > Debian Release: 13.0 > > APT prefers testing > > APT policy: (501, 'testing'), (50, 'buildd-unstable'), (50, 'unstable'), > > (5, 'experimental'), (1, 'buildd-experimental') > > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > > > Kernel: Linux 6.12.38+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT) > > Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), > > LANGUAGE=de_DE:de > > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash > > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > > LSM: AppArmor: enabled > -- https://fam-tille.de
