Andreas Tille <[email protected]> writes: > 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.
I've encountered this scenario a couple of times and wished there were a process like the one above, so I support this. I made some cosmetic comments in the MR that have been addressed. I think this should go into the Debian Policy manual, extending and/or replacing section 3.3. I think Package Salvaging and Debian Commons could be mentioned there too. I support adding it to the debian-reference first. https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#the-maintainer-of-a-package I would have wanted to use that process when making the 'xe' upload: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/xe https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1112675 The 'time' package is another good example, it has been in collective maintainer status for 10+ years: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/time https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1134001 I recall many more examples, but these were the one I could remember the names of. /Simon > 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.
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