[email protected] writes:
>> Possible criteria might include: >> * no maintainer upload for N years (combined with unsuccessful >> contact >> attempts) > > This measures the timespan between "now" and the last upload. Would it > be > more meaningful to measure the time since the last upstream release that > has not yet been uploaded? that would not help for packages with few upstream releases -- it should be about the debian package status, not upstream > > Alternativly, one could measure the time since the last merge request or > patch that has not yet been incorporated into an upload. not every MRs/patch is "ready", part of maintenance is saying no (or: needs more work first)
