Re: status of packages
On 09/14/2011 09:25 PM, Andreas Tille wrote:
> 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- no longer maintained in svn repository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).
I also like it! I just added two packages that I had created "just for myself"
with no inclination to maintain them myself. Such "packages to be" plus the
"non redistributeable" packages may be something to add.
Steffen
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