Re: status of packages
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 07:48:21PM +0200, Thorsten Alteholz wrote:
> I just found out that package abyss is currently not maintained within
> Debian Med but still in the svn repository. As there are currently
> several methods to mark packages no longer within svn (MOVED, README_git,
> now_managed_via_git, REMOVED_FROM_DEBIAN.readme), I would like to restart
> a previous discussion and propose a machine readable README.status file.
> It should contain at least a Status:- and a Comment:-line. In case of an
> abandoned package there might be also a Reason:- and maybe an URL:-line.
> If the package is finally deleted from svn, a Revision: might be added.
>
> For now the following values come into my mind:
> Status: abandoned <- no longer maintained in svn repository
> Reason: external <- external maintainer
> Reason: git <- package is now in git repository
> URL: xxx <- new URL for that package
> Reason: removed <- package removed from Debian
> Status: active <- this package is maintained in svn
> Revision: 1234 <- Revision of svn delete command (in case someone
> want to have a look at this old stuff)
> Comment: xxxx <- lots of interesting stuff about the package,
> this should be the last entry
>
> What do you think?
Very reasonable! I'd love if you would care for this. If it turns out
as a useful thing we might publish experiences with this for a wider
audience. I'm not aware that any other team has something like this
(but checking in advance might not harm).
Thanks for the cool suggestion
Andreas.
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