Bug#1057450: apt-xapian-index: systemd fails to start apt-xapian-index.service

[Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com>]

Hi,

Le mar. 5 déc. 2023 à 10:57, Giacomo Mulas <giacomo.mulas@inaf.it> a écrit :
> .... which appears to hint at a bug in the python script.

Yes, this package is mostly unmaintained and needs a lot of work:

    https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?src=apt-xapian-index
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index

My QA upload only addressed some easy matters.

> If useful, I'm willing to help testing this.

I would be happy to review your fixes &
add more type annotations if that helps;
but be aware that this project needs more than quick fixes,
much more like a big overall.

Greetings