Hello,
I'd like to maintain the wicd package, especially because it's a kind of
popular package. That would offer me a great challenge to master. But i
assume, I'll certainly make errors and certainly be very slow at the
beginning in comparison with an experienced maintainer.
I can't estimate if that's a critical problem or if I'm suitable for
maintaining such a popular package. Of course I'll do my best.
==> So, what do you guys think about that?
regards,
toogley
On Wed, 7 Oct 2015 22:27:13 +0200 Axel Beckert <a...@debian.org> wrote:
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
Hi,
TL;DR: wicd is a lightweight alternative to GNOME's Network Manager.
It is written in Python and offers commandline, curses and GTK user
interfaces.
David Paleino (Cc'ed), original developer and current Debian package
maintainer of wicd stated multiple times[1][2] that he has no more
time to work on wicd.
Upstream development already has been passed[1] over to new
developers. I asked in that thread if the new upstream developers
would also take over the packaging of wicd for Debian, but it has been
unanswered for more than one year now, though.
wicd has seen two NMUs[3][4] in the past, both related to python-urwid
API changes.
According to Gianfranco (Cc'ed), David said that "he would avoid
seeing the package die"[2]. And since the package received two NMUs
since the last maintainer upload in 2012, I think it's the best to
declare it as orphaned so that it's clear that someone who's
interested can take over the package.
There's already some work done on the package at [5]. Any future
maintainer should base on that work.
I'd be available for sponsoring wicd as I've done the first NMU and
sponsored the second. I may also join a dedicated team in case wicd
will be team-maintained in the future. That team would just need a
more python-savvy lead than me.
[1] https://answers.launchpad.net/wicd/+question/227789
[2] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=800693#71
[3] https://packages.qa.debian.org/w/wicd/news/20130609T173413Z.html
[4] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=800693#56
[5] https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/wicd.git
Some more details about the source and binary packages:
Source: wicd
Section: net
Priority: optional
Build-Depends:
debhelper (>= 7.2.3~)
, python (>= 2.6.6-3~)
Build-Depends-Indep:
po-debconf
, python-babel
, gettext
Standards-Version: 3.9.6
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/wicd
Vcs-Browser: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/wicd.git
Vcs-Git: git://anonscm.debian.org/collab-maint/wicd.git
Package: wicd
Architecture: all
