Fwd: Bug#927455 closed by Debian FTP Masters <ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org> (Bug#935223: Removed package(s) from unstable)
I have a port of kcollectd to qt5, and I filed a bug against this
package (months ago), with an offer to maintain it.
How exactly can I find a sponsor to help me maintain an orphaned Debian package?
Thanks,
Antonio Russo
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Subject: Bug#927455 closed by Debian FTP Masters <ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org> (Bug#935223: Removed package(s) from unstable)
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 01:45:41 +0000
From: Debian Bug Tracking System <owner@bugs.debian.org>
Reply-To: 927455@bugs.debian.org
To: Antonio Russo <antonio.e.russo@gmail.com>
This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report
which was filed against the src:kcollectd package:
#927455: [src:kcollectd] New upstream, and new release, package takeover
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Version: 0.9-5+rm
Dear submitter,
as the package kcollectd has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.
For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/935223
The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using http://snapshot.debian.org/.
This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is
a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing
ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org.
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Package: src:kcollectd
Version: 0.9-5+b1
Severity: normal
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Upstream has been silent for almost a decade now. I have decided to fork and maintain kcollectd [1].
I have a bugfix-only release, 0.9.1, which includes the current Debian patch set, and fixes for [2].
The upgrade is very low risk, so it may make sense to push this past the freeze.
With respect to the qt4 removal [3], git master [1] has already been ported to qt5. I'm still testing it
for bugs before making a release. This obviously would wait until after the freeze.
I'm also volunteering to maintain this package, which seems to have been orphaned.
Best,
Antonio
[1] https://github.com/aerusso/kcollectd
[2] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=814935
[3] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=874938
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