Am 1. Juli 2026 08:30:15 UTC schrieb Andreas Tille <[email protected]>: >Hi, > >Following the recent discussion about packages that appear to lack >active maintenance, I have prepared a Merge Request against the >Developers Reference that attempts to document a possible >contributor-initiated orphaning workflow. > >The proposal is intended as an optional workflow for contributors who >encounter packages that appear to lack active maintenance but who do not >wish to become the package's long-term maintainer themselves. > >It complements the existing orphaning and salvaging procedures by >providing a documented workflow for contributors willing to investigate >a package's maintenance status and prepare the necessary QA action. > >Compared to the original discussion, I have tried to incorporate the >feedback received on debian-devel by: > > * making the workflow package-centric rather than maintainer-centric > * treating the listed criteria as non-exhaustive indicators rather than > mandatory requirements > * making the opportunities for the Maintainer and Uploaders to object > explicit > >I would appreciate review of both the proposed workflow and whether the >Developers Reference is the appropriate place to document it. > >The Merge Request is available here: > > https://salsa.debian.org/debian/developers-reference/-/merge_requests/85 > >Comments and suggestions are welcome. > >Kind regards > Andreas. >
Andreas, my take on the recent discussion on devel was that there was no consent* about such a process, so i'm bit surprised about this MR. I can't discuss / comment on salsa right now, but i might have a counterproposal after my VAC i was working on already. * more like "we don't need another process"
