Bug#600879: RFH: apt-listbugs -- tool which lists critical bugs before each apt installation
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
I request assistance with maintaining the apt-listbugs package.
The other co-maintainer (Ryan Niebur) is currently almost MIA and
finally told me that he no longer wants to be involved in apt-listbugs
maintenance: see <http://bugs.debian.org/588636> and
<http://git.debian.org/?p=apt-listbugs/apt-listbugs.git;a=commitdiff;h=b999e0ba2f3c03ee367e45d7e8de4abbfe892457>
if you want to read the full story...
I would say that the package is generally in a decent shape:
it normally works as intended, lintian does not complain about it,
its non-pending bug count is decreasing
(see <http://qa.debian.org/data/bts/graphs/a/apt-listbugs.png>),
I usually manage to deal with bug reports and go ahead with developing
work by myself, ...
However, I sometimes need help with Ruby (I am not yet the Ruby expert
I would dream to be!) or with packaging techniques (I am still learning
them!).
Hence, I would like to find someone else who could co-maintain the
package with me.
The ideal candidate
* has experience with the Ruby language
* knows how to use Git
* has Debian packaging experience
* is willing to dedicate some time to this package (the amount of
needed time is not big: I will mostly need some review of my work,
and occasionally some help on stuff I am not too expert at)
Bonus points if the candidate is a DD or a DM, since I have no upload
rights (and hence I would need a sponsor for each upload, in the
absence of a DD or DM co-maintainer).
Thanks in advance to anyone who volunteers!
The package description is:
apt-listbugs is a tool which retrieves bug reports from the Debian Bug
Tracking System and lists them. Especially, it is intended to be invoked
before each upgrade/installation by apt in order to check whether the
upgrade/installation is safe.
.
Many developers and users prefer the unstable version of Debian for its new
features and packages. apt, the usual upgrade tool, can break your system by
installing a buggy package.
.
apt-listbugs lists critical bug reports from the Debian Bug Tracking System.
Run it before apt to see if an upgrade or installation is known to be unsafe.
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