Re: Moving a package from collab-maint to python-modules

[Ghislain Vaillant <ghisvail@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 2017-03-11 at 11:24 +0000, Christopher Hoskin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'd like to package python-jsonpointer for Debian. The filer of the RFP (Bug #754296) Pietro Battiston, has created a repository at
> 
> https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/python-jsonpointer.git
> 
> but has no intention of becoming the maintainer, and the package has not been uploaded. The existing repository does not use git-dpm or pristine-tar.
> 
> I'd like to maintain this package within DPMT. Is there a way I can migrate the existing repository, or should I just start again?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Christopher Hoskin

I know Pietro (I co-maintain src:bottleneck with him) and he has been
keen on moving his packages to team-maintenance under the DPMT.
However, since the package in question was never released, and is
essentially RFP's now, you can probably start from scratch.

I am wondering whether it makes sense to use git-dpm for new packages,
now that the team is planning to transition from using git-dpm to gbp.
I personally used gbp straight away for my recent packages (see pytest-
qt, pytest-xvfb) for examples.

Hope this helps,
Ghis