Source: libogg
Version: 1.3.4-0.1
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
I intend to salvage the package "libogg", for the following reasons:
- "libogg" currently FTBFS (due to using a very outdated debhelper
compat) [#965673]
- a new upstream release 1.3.5 of "libogg" has been released two years
ago, with a bug [#1004545] opened for this in january 2022, with no
feedback from the current maintainer
- the last upload of the package was an NMU, but never got acknowledged
by the current maintainer.
- no visible packaging activity for 2913 days
- the last upload by the current maintainer was 2014-05-28
- there has been an unacknowledged NMU upload on 2021-01-13
- there are 3 open bug reports, ranging from wishlist to *serious*
since 2020-07-20 (to be fair, one of the wishlist bugs has only
been filed in 2022-03-10)
not a single bug report has seen *any* reaction from the current
maintainer.
I'm aware that the maintainer of "libogg" does not usually want to make
packaging changes without specific reasons, but I don't think that this
allows for completely ignoring open bug-reports of severity SERIOUS for
more than 1½ year.
I'm happy with co-maintaining the package (although my stance at
maintenance is definitely more aggressive with regard to updating to the
latest and greatest source format, dh-compat and the like).
I would more than welcome maintenance of the package under the
multimedia-team umbrella.
it would be great to hear something from the current maintainer of
"libogg".
cheers
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