Re: python-texttable -- status and interest in becoming the maintainer

[Sergio Durigan Junior]

On Tuesday, June 14 2016, Scott Kitterman wrote:

> On Tuesday, June 14, 2016 12:55:15 AM Sergio Durigan Junior wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I'm a user of the python-texttable package on Debian, and I noticed that
>> it seems abandoned.  The first and only upload happened in 2013, and
>> even though there is a new upstream version available the package did
>> not get updated.  Its git repository on Alioth has received some
>> attention recently, when Ondřej Nový migrated the code from SVN and did
>> some adjustments, but the package has not been uploaded.
>> 
>> Anyway, I'm writing this e-mail because I'm interested in the package
>> and I would like to maintain it if its current maintainer (or Ondřej)
>> has no interest in continuing his work.  I have submitted a bug against
>> the package (#826156) and Cc'ed the maintainer to know if he's still
>> interested.  I am Cc'ing Ondřej on this message.  I don't know how long
>> you usually wait before considering a package to be orphaned, so that's
>> another reason I'm writing.
>> 
>> I have worked on an update for the package which can be seen here:
>> 
>>   
>> 
>> Anyway, that's it.  I have read the DPMT policy and I agree with it; my
>> username on Alioth is sergiodj-guest and I am DM.
>
> Welcome to the team.  Both the git migration and Ondřej recent changes were 
> general operations done on all team packages and not an indication of any 
> particular interest.  Particularly since Debian Python Modules Team is set as 
> maintainer, you should feel free to work on the package.

Thanks, Scott.

> If you are interested in keeping the package up to date, please add yourself 
> to Uploaders and then get to work.  Please make sure you use git-dpm on any 
> DPMT repositories.

Cool, I'll add myself as an Uploader then.  I will still need a sponsor
for the first upload, however.  I've been working closely with
Gianfranco Costamagna, but if there's anybody here who'd like to sponsor
me then that's fine as well.

BTW, I consider the work I posted on my git repo (link above) to be
basically finished (I'll just need to adjust the Uploaders part), so if
someone is feeling like reviewing it I'd appreciate.  I used git-dpm and
follower the DPMT policy.

Thanks,

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Re: python-texttable -- status and interest in becoming the maintainer

[Scott Kitterman]

On Tuesday, June 14, 2016 12:55:15 AM Sergio Durigan Junior wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm a user of the python-texttable package on Debian, and I noticed that
> it seems abandoned.  The first and only upload happened in 2013, and
> even though there is a new upstream version available the package did
> not get updated.  Its git repository on Alioth has received some
> attention recently, when Ondřej Nový migrated the code from SVN and did
> some adjustments, but the package has not been uploaded.
> 
> Anyway, I'm writing this e-mail because I'm interested in the package
> and I would like to maintain it if its current maintainer (or Ondřej)
> has no interest in continuing his work.  I have submitted a bug against
> the package (#826156) and Cc'ed the maintainer to know if he's still
> interested.  I am Cc'ing Ondřej on this message.  I don't know how long
> you usually wait before considering a package to be orphaned, so that's
> another reason I'm writing.
> 
> I have worked on an update for the package which can be seen here:
> 
>   
> 
> Anyway, that's it.  I have read the DPMT policy and I agree with it; my
> username on Alioth is sergiodj-guest and I am DM.

Welcome to the team.  Both the git migration and Ondřej recent changes were 
general operations done on all team packages and not an indication of any 
particular interest.  Particularly since Debian Python Modules Team is set as 
maintainer, you should feel free to work on the package.

If you are interested in keeping the package up to date, please add yourself 
to Uploaders and then get to work.  Please make sure you use git-dpm on any 
DPMT repositories.

Scott K

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