Bug#804343: RFS: libsvm/3.20-1 [NMU] -- library implementing support vector machines

[lumin <cdluminate@gmail.com>]

Hi,

On Sat, 2015-11-07 at 17:21 +0000, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote:
> version for an NMU should be 3.20-0.1

I've fixed this locally.

> this is really out of an NMU scope, do you have any evidence about the maintainer
> being MIA/not interested anymore, or acking you to upload a new release?

1. Found no activity for maintainer in the BTS.

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?dist=unstable;correspondent=ctse.tsai@gmail.com

2. Found no VCS in the packaging files, so Found nowhere to
   look for clue for maintainer activity.

3. A NMU-PING was sent to the maintainer 40 days ago,
   and I have got no ack yet.
   Let me forward this mail privately to you.

4. In the d/changelog, the recorded maintainer is not active on this
   package for many years.
   
   FYI: his last upload time is Mon, 11 Jun 2012 

In summary, I deduce that the recorded maintainer is curretly not active.

> >  * d/control:
> >    + Bump standards version to 3.9.6.
> >    + Remove obsolete DM-Upload-Allowed field.
> >    + Add Vcs-Browser field.
> >    + Remove duplicated Homepage description. (Closes: #693889)
> >  * Add watch file.
> >  * d/rules: Bump version as new version is imported.
> >  * Update "d/*.install".

> this is nice for sure (and I like it), but really out of an NMU scope
> https://wiki.debian.org/NonMaintainerUpload
> https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.html#nmu

I changed the revision number from -1 to -0.1,
and want to know if there remains anything to be done,
to get the package into the NMU scope.

The updated package was uploaded to mentors,
http://mentors.debian.net/package/libsvm

Thanks ;-)

> cheers,
> 
> G.