Bug#949183: Package gone but there are newer version
On 2020-01-20 14:57, Jerome BENOIT wrote: On 20/01/2020 17:38, Bas Couwenberg wrote: On 2020-01-20 13:56, Jerome BENOIT wrote: why does the low frequency of release of this software justify its removal from Debian ? Because at the time it was removed it was deemed dead upstream, there were no releases for several years. There was no sign that upstream was working on a release with PROJ6 support among others. I'm not willing to maintain packages that are dead upstream and who block progress in the lower parts of the stack (like PROJ & GDAL). If your needs are not met by JOSM and you really want the merkaartor package back in Debian you should consider becoming the maintainer of it. I am considering it indeed. I will have a closer look before. Did you orphan it ? or remove it ? The history speaks for itself: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/merkaartor Specifically: https://tracker.debian.org/news/1050519/removed-0183ds-6-from-unstable/ Which includes the reason: " --- Reason --- ROM; No release since 2016, FTBFS with PROJ 6 & GDAL 3 -- " And a link to the RM bug: https://bugs.debian.org/933492 Note the section in the Developer's Reference about reintroducing packages: https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.en.html#reintroducing-packages And the team policy if you intend to maintain the package within the Debian GIS team: https://debian-gis-team.pages.debian.net/policy/ Kind Regards, Bas
Bug#949183: Package gone but there are newer version
Hello Bas, thanks for your reply. On 20/01/2020 17:38, Bas Couwenberg wrote: > On 2020-01-20 13:56, Jerome BENOIT wrote: >> why does the low frequency of release of this software justify its >> removal from Debian ? > > Because at the time it was removed it was deemed dead upstream, there were no > releases for several years. > > There was no sign that upstream was working on a release with PROJ6 support > among others. > > I'm not willing to maintain packages that are dead upstream and who block > progress in the lower parts of the stack (like PROJ & GDAL). > > If your needs are not met by JOSM and you really want the merkaartor package > back in Debian you should consider becoming the maintainer of it. I am considering it indeed. I will have a closer look before. Did you orphan it ? or remove it ? Regards, Jerome > > Kind Regards, > > Bas -- Jerome BENOIT | calculus+at-rezozer^dot*net https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=calcu...@rezozer.net AE28 AE15 710D FF1D 87E5 A762 3F92 19A6 7F36 C68B
Bug#949183: Package gone but there are newer version
On 2020-01-20 13:56, Jerome BENOIT wrote: why does the low frequency of release of this software justify its removal from Debian ? Because at the time it was removed it was deemed dead upstream, there were no releases for several years. There was no sign that upstream was working on a release with PROJ6 support among others. I'm not willing to maintain packages that are dead upstream and who block progress in the lower parts of the stack (like PROJ & GDAL). If your needs are not met by JOSM and you really want the merkaartor package back in Debian you should consider becoming the maintainer of it. Kind Regards, Bas
Bug#949183: Package gone but there are newer version
Hello, why does the low frequency of release of this software justify its removal from Debian ? Cheers, Jerome -- Jerome BENOIT | calculus+at-rezozer^dot*net https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=calcu...@rezozer.net AE28 AE15 710D FF1D 87E5 A762 3F92 19A6 7F36 C68B signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
