Hello, in #436161 I proposed to have some external tag sources automatically merged into the override files. An example is a tag source provided by the security team: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=20;att=0;bug=436161
In the same way we can have an autogenerated 'maint' facet with tags documenting the status of the package maintenance. Below is an example vocabulary for it, with annotations on how to autogenerate the tag information. I'd like to run some discussion on it for a week or so, then proceed to implementation. Facet: maint Description: Maintenance status Tag: maint::orphaned Description: Orphaned There is no maintainer for this package. Maintenance is done by the Debian QA Team. (it can be autogenerated by looking if debian-qa is in the Maintainer field) Tag: maint::rfa Description: Adoption requested The maintainer is still maintaning the package, but has requestes for someone else to take over its maintenance. (it can be autogenerated by scanning open WNPP bugs) Tag: maint::mia Description: Maintainer unreachable The maintainer for this package is currently unreachable. (mia-query on merkel shows all sorts of data, but I need to see how it can be turned in a tag. It has been suggested that if a maintainer is MIA, the package should just be orphaned, so this tag would be of no use, and I tend to agree) Tag: maint::old-rc-bugs Description: Old unfixed RC bugs The package has unfixed RC bugs older than 3 months. (it can be autogenerated by scanning the BTS) Tag: maint::fringe Description: Fringe package (FIXME) The maintainer declared this to be a fringe package. . (TODO: define what this practically means) . (from IRC) more users == greater level of peer review and peer support? (maintainers can enter this information in debian/control and I can scan it using Mole) Tag: maint::unmaintained-upstream Description: Unmaintained upstream The package is not maintained anymore by its upstream developers. . Debian still carries on basic maintenance, but no new upstream versions of the package are to be expected. (maintainers can enter this information in debian/control and I can scan it using Mole) Ciao, Enrico -- GPG key: 1024D/797EBFAB 2000-12-05 Enrico Zini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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