Hello! El jue, 19 feb 2026 a la(s) 10:35 a.m., Andreas Tille ([email protected]) escribió:
> Source: sxiv > Version: 26-1 > Severity: important > X-Debbugs-Cc: Debian PhotoTools Maintainers < > [email protected]>, Daniel Echeverry < > [email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], > Package Salvaging Team <[email protected]> > > Hi Daniel, > > I would be interested in helping with sxiv, following the Package > Salvaging procedure outlined in the Developers Reference[1]. From what I > see, the package seems to meet the criteria for this process, and I'd > like to support keeping it maintained in Debian. As the Salvage process > suggests, here is a list of the criteria that I believe apply: > > FIXME: DELETE ITEMS THAT DO NOT APPLY > > - Bugs filed against the package do not have answers from the > maintainer. > - There are QA issues with the package. > > > I believe the package would be a great addition to the Phototools 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 the feh Uploader I like these tiny image viewer and think it makes > perfectly sense to maintain them in a coordinated team. For instance > I think the best way to fix bug #1082303 is to provide the alternatives > mechanism to enable users also installing the fork nsxiv - thus I > filed bug #1128391 which also should include alternatives. I think > this can be all best coordinated in a packaging team. > > 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/debian-phototools-team/sxiv > [3] https://salsa.debian.org/qa/tiny_qa_tools/-/wikis/Tiny-QA-tasks > > > PS: The package tintii might be also a nice fit into the Phototools team. > I'd happily help you migrating this as well. > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: forky/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (501, 'testing'), (50, 'buildd-unstable'), (50, 'unstable'), > (5, 'experimental'), (1, 'buildd-experimental') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 6.17.13+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT) > Kernel taint flags: TAINT_CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC > 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 > Thank you for reaching out, Andreas. I have to admit that I was not responding because I was not entirely sure how to proceed in this case. I appreciate you opening this discussion. Feel free to move it to the Phototools team, I have no problem with that. My Salsa login is epsilon. That said, I wanted to ask your opinion, given that sxiv was explicitly abandoned by its original upstream, and that nsxiv exists precisely because of that, does it really make sense in the long term to keep both packages in Debian? P.S. Feel free to do the same with tintii. Regards -- Daniel Echeverri Debian Developer Linux user: #477840 GPG Fingerprint: D0D0 85B1 69C3 BFD9 4048 58FA 21FC 2950 4B52 30DB
