On Thu, 9 Dec 2021 at 18:05, Richard Purdie <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
> I'm in favour of adding the new category and I agree some kind of dates in
> the
> [reason] space would be nice to have.
>
> For the purposes of a patch upstream, the last commit date is much more
> important than a release. I don't think this needs to be machine readable
> as a
> definition, it is better we have the appropriate info. Year is probably as
> much
> as we need since inactive software is usually measured in years.
>

Some upstreams are so old that they pre-date the 'git era' and tarballs are
all there is. I guess either last commit or last release is ok, or both
where possible. Dates can be full or can be shortened to YYYYMM or YYYY
where needed.

Something like:
Upstream-Status: Inactive-Upstream [lastcommit: 2019, lastrelease: 2015]


> We may need to put some kind of guide in the docs about what "inactive"
> looks
> like.
>

Yes, it's not just about commit or releases: it's also about unattended
open bugs, and merge requests.

Alex
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