RFC: moving packages to project/orphaned
Hi,
In my never ending quest to get flamed over the WNPP, the next phase
is moving orphaned packages to project/orphaned. I intend to
generate weekly reports straight out of the WNPP information
contained on the BTS and mail them to debian-devel-announce. The
attached file is the information that would be sent. Suggestions
regarding improvements are welcomed (specially wrt the wording of the
text, lately my English stinks more than usual)
If you take a look at that file you'll note:
| The following packages are orphaned but still in the archive.
| Unless they are adopted before they are 28 days orphaned, it will
| be requested that they are moved into project/orphaned:
and a large list of packages after that. This is what the QA docs[1]
say happens. I actually need to filter out packages according to
priority, that means a request to remove silo *won't* be sent, so
please don't flame me on that one. OTOH, a request to remove csh
will be sent eventually unless ejb is really maintaining csh. That
is to say, the WNPP information still needs cleaning. Before sending
this weekly reports I intend to mail package@packages.debian.org
asking for confirmation whether the package is really up for
adoption/orphaned.
After that, what will happen is this:
* Every friday a mail will be sent to d-d-a with a list of packages
in need of a new maintainer and orphaned packages.
* Every day a script will run thru the list of packages marked as
"Orphaned". For every package (< important) which has been
orphaned longer than 28 days, a bug will be submitted against
ftp.debian.org requesting the package to be moved to
project/orphaned. Once the package is there, the corresponding
wnpp bug will be downgraded and retitled as "Withdrawn".
Regarding the severity of the ftp.debian.org bug: important.
Rationale: in the general case, packages that managed to get to this
state are non-interesting (otherwise they would have been adopted
already). That means it's a non maintained package which noone cares
about, which in turn means bugreports won't get answered to. IMO,
they *should* be removed before release. Counter-arguments for the
general case are welcomed.
Thanks,
Marcelo
[1] http://qa.debian.org/documentation/qa.html/ch-rules.html
The follwing packages need a new maintainer:
abuse (69632), 12 days old
abuse-lib (69633), 12 days old
admesh (68300), 33 days old
aribas (68301), 33 days old
atari800 (69634), 12 days old
auto-pgp (68134), 33 days old
axe (68172), 33 days old
biss-awt (68218), 33 days old
blast (69635), 12 days old
bugsx (68303), 33 days old
circlepack (68304), 33 days old
clif (68191), 33 days old
ctklight (68193), 33 days old
docbook-doc (68219), 33 days old
drawmap (68307), 33 days old
dstool (68308), 33 days old
dstool-doc (68309), 33 days old
dstooltk (68311), 33 days old
dstooltk-doc (68312), 33 days old
emacs-czech (68275), 33 days old
emacs19 (68281), 33 days old
empire-ptkei (68130), 33 days old
ffingerd (69007), 22 days old
floatbg (69636), 12 days old
fvwm fvwm-common (68154), 33 days old
fvwm1 (68146), 33 days old
fvwmconf (68313), 33 days old
g2 (68314), 33 days old
gclinfo (68182), 33 days old
geomview (68315), 33 days old
gmp1 (68136), 33 days old
grafix (68317), 33 days old
gtkglarea (68137), 33 days old
gtkglareamm (68131), 33 days old
guavac (68246), 33 days old
hp48cc (68297), 33 days old
hugs (68186), 33 days old
hugs-doc (68187), 33 days old
hypermail (68150), 33 days old
jde (68713), 26 days old
jgraph (68113), 33 days old
libdelimmatch-perl (68220), 33 days old
libnewt-perl (68141), 33 days old
librc21 (68260), 33 days old
login.app (68239), 33 days old
luxman (69637), 12 days old
m2c (68319), 33 days old
mctools-lite (69638), 12 days old
megahal (69639), 12 days old
meschach (68320), 33 days old
meschach-dev (68321), 33 days old
mhash (68234), 33 days old
mhonarc (68829), 24 days old
mirrormagic (69640), 12 days old
mixal (68183), 33 days old
mpsql (68054), 33 days old
nase-a60 (68184), 33 days old
nwrite (69641), 12 days old
omniorb (68710), 26 days old
openc++ (68323), 33 days old
pente (69642), 12 days old
peruser (68124), 33 days old
php3-dbase (68235), 33 days old
plplot (68196), 33 days old
rosegarden (68189), 33 days old
saml (68199), 33 days old
scheme-to-c (68112), 33 days old
sciplot (68200), 33 days old
sipp (68201), 33 days old
sipp-dev (68202), 33 days old
slatec (68203), 33 days old
slatec-dev (68204), 33 days old
space-orbit (69644), 12 days old
super (68153), 33 days old
tela (68205), 33 days old
thrust (69645), 12 days old
tkcdlayout (68099), 33 days old
tochnog (68206), 33 days old
tochnog-doc (68207), 33 days old
toshutils (69646), 12 days old
troffcvt (68263), 33 days old
unclutter (69647), 12 days old
user-de (68221), 33 days old
wmnetselect (69648), 12 days old
wordplay (69649), 12 days old
xaw3d (68174), 33 days old
xaw95 (68179), 33 days old
xbl (69650), 12 days old
xboing (69651), 12 days old
xfishtank (69652), 12 days old
xflip (69653), 12 days old
xmountains (69654), 12 days old
xonix-jahu (69655), 12 days old
xtet42 (69657), 12 days old
xtv (68298), 33 days old
xzoom (69658), 12 days old
yacas (68211), 33 days old
zicq (68052), 33 days old
The following packages are orphaned but still in the archive. Unless
they are adopted before they are 28 days orphaned, it will be requested
that they are moved into project/orphaned:
9menu (68083), 33 days old
abuse-sfx (68088), 33 days old
archie (68066), 33 days old
browser-history (68162), 33 days old
bsdgames-nonfree (68086), 33 days old
cdwrite (68129), 33 days old
cgic-capture (68328), 33 days old
cgiemail (68609), 29 days old
chameleon (68139), 33 days old
chimera (68087), 33 days old
csh (68261), 33 days old
cthugha (68102), 33 days old
cucipop (68089), 33 days old
cxhextris (68090), 33 days old
dbf2pg (68159), 33 days old
display-dhammapada (68091), 33 days old
dot-forward (68638), 28 days old
dotfile (68092), 33 days old
dpkg-scriptlib (dpkg-perl and dpkg-python) (68588), 29 days old
eggdrop (68067), 33 days old
explorer explorer-icons-kde explorer-icons-ms explorer-icons-orig (68274), 33 days old
fastforward (68639), 28 days old
filters-nonfree (68640), 28 days old
gadfly (68610), 29 days old
gambc (68175), 33 days old
guile-scsh (68176), 33 days old
guile1.3-doc (68286), 33 days old
hx (68068), 33 days old
imgsizer (68589), 29 days old
jered (68590), 29 days old
libcgic (68591), 29 days old
libhtml-embperl-perl (68133), 33 days old
libmikmod (68118), 33 days old
malaga (68290), 33 days old
mcvert (68642), 28 days old
metamail (68093), 33 days old
mmorph (68289), 33 days old
mysql-manual (68158), 33 days old
ntop (68374), 32 days old
ocamltk (68643), 28 days old
pclock (68599), 29 days old
pgp5i (68168), 33 days old
pinepgp (70085), 6 days old
ppd-gs (68081), 33 days old
procmail-lib (68163), 33 days old
psptools (68594), 29 days old
python-kjbuckets (68595), 29 days old
python-mxdatetime (68596), 29 days old
python-mxstack (68633), 28 days old
python-mxtexttools (68634), 28 days old
python-mxtools (68635), 28 days old
python-xml (68636), 28 days old
regex (68592), 29 days old
rel (68164), 33 days old
sac (68069), 33 days old
sc (68149), 33 days old
scsh (68177), 33 days old
silo (68103), 33 days old
simh (68084), 33 days old
simh-rsts-images (68100), 33 days old
simh-unix-images (68101), 33 days old
sliplogin (68104), 33 days old
tama (68188), 33 days old
tcp4u (68082), 33 days old
tunnelv (68645), 28 days old
upsd (68128), 33 days old
vchkpw (68637), 28 days old
wmmail (68236), 33 days old
wmsysmon (68140), 33 days old
xabacus xmabacus (68095), 33 days old
xarchie (68151), 33 days old
xmap-dmotif xmap-smotif (68209), 33 days old
xmorph (68554), 29 days old
xpuzzles xmpuzzles (68096), 33 days old
xtrojka (68644), 28 days old
xwpe (68097), 33 days old
yard (68152), 33 days old
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