Dear MIA-team,
tl;dr: old maintainer appears inactive, I'd like to initiate the
MIA-process, take over, and update the package.
it appears to me that the maintainer of "python-gtkspellcheck", namely
Carlos Miguel Jenkins Pérez <car...@jenkins.co.cr> (who receives this
mail due to the bug-CC), has gone missing in action.
So here's my summary according to the guide [1] for this situation:
- "they just need[ed] a reminder" -> False, as direct contact failed.
- "they just need[ed] a reminder" -> False, as direct contact by
Maximilian Köhl (upstream author of python-gtkspellcheck) failed.
- "they just need[ed] a reminder" -> False, as opening yet another bug
failed: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=830509
- "MIA Scripts" [2] -> I didn't intend to do any of these, although I
have send the "initial" mails (because I think that's more polite) and
created the bug (ditto).
- echelon -> I assume that Carlos Pérez is not a registered DM.
Neither am I, so 'm not sure.
- "number of packages this maintainer is responsible for" -> 1, only
python-gtkspellcheck
- "any RC bugs that have been open for ages?" -> Not RC, but an
"important" one since Feb 2016, and a "normal" one since Sep 2015.
- "whether the packages have been NMUed" -> Yes, once, in order to fix
some serious issue. The last NMUer made it clear that he is not
interested in maintaining the package. [3]
- "Is there any activity of the maintainer outside of Debian?" -> A
Google search for any activity after 2015 comes up clear [4]. There's
some activity on GitHub and StackOverflow, though, so I assume/hope he's
well, and just not interested in python-gtkspellcheck anymore.
- "you need to find and contact the Debian developer who has actually
uploaded the package" -> not sure how to do that :(
Some context:
I'm primarily interested in seeing the package updated (as reportbug
depends on it, and I think it's a nice thing). So if Carlos Pérez can
do another upload, I'd welcome him back :)
If that doesn't work out (and it looks like it won't), I'd like to take
over the package (which involves getting Carlos Pérez marked as MIA),
and upload a newer version of python-gtkspellcheck.
Cheers,
Ben Wiederhake
[1]
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch07.en.html#mia-qa
[2] https://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/MIATeam
[3] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=830509#15
[4]
https://www.google.com/search?q=%2BCarlos+Miguel+Jenkins+%2BP%C3%A9rez+after%3A2015&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
