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Bug#907293: stops: Please consider making another upload and refreshing package



Hi Boyuan

On 2018-08-28 10:49:48, Daniel James wrote:
> Hi Boyuan,
> > Dear stops maintainer (Hi Free Ekanayaka)
> 
> Maintainer for this package is Debian Multimedia Team, it's just that
> Free was the last uploader.
> 
> > I was cleaning up packages that hasn't receive any upload in Debian for a long 
> > time and noticed that your package, stops, received no upload since 2007, 
> > which is quite a long period of time.
> 
> As I recall, this package is static data, and may not ever need to be
> updated upstream. Debian's version 0.3.0 is still the current release:
> http://kokkinizita.linuxaudio.org/linuxaudio/downloads/index.html
> 
> stops is a dependency of the active package
> https://packages.debian.org/sid/aeolus which has a new upstream release
> available (0.9.7).
> 
> > Making uploads to stops might be necessary according to [1] since we want to 
> > make Debian 100% reproducible in the future [2] and all packages built before 
> > December 2016 will need a rebuild.
> 
> Sounds good! Also #888669 might need looking at. I am not a Debian
> Developer but happy to help if I can find a sponsor.
> 
> > I am also considering initiating the MIA procedure[3] (targeting 
> > package only, not to the person because I know you look still active) if 
> > there's no reply after certain period of time
> 
> Hopefully that will not be necessary, aeolus is a unique software
> instrument and it would be a shame to lose it from Debian.

The MIA procedure is for maintainers and not for packages. So I am not sure what
the intended goal is. Do you want to get get stops removed from the archive? I
would find asking for removal of packages maintainer by other people that do not
have an RC bug and have not been superseded rather inappropriate.

Best
-- 
Sebastian Ramacher

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