Tool to orphan packages

[Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>]

I've written a small tool which generates templates to file proper
WNPP bugs.  This might be of interest to some people here...  the
script is called wnpp-orphan and is in klecker:/org/qa.debian.org/mia

>From /org/qa.debian.org/mia/README

Orphaning a package
-------------------

If a maintainer has been contacted several times and the package has still
not been fixed, it is time to orphan the package.  The script wnpp-orphan
can be used to generate a template to file a proper WNPP bug.  It will
generate a nice message and include some information about the package.
wnpp-orphan takes one or more packages as its arguments.  Furthermore, you
can specify an action with -a.  The action determines which template is
used to generate the WNPP bug report.  The default action is "mia".  It
asks for a justification why the package is being orphaned (this can be
left blank, though) and then generates a template which will CC the
maintainer and also Bcc the MIA database.  This action is the most useful
for doing MIA work.  However, the other actions might come in handy too.
They are:

  - qa: file a proper WNPP bug for a package that has been orphaned by
    the maintainer and is now owned by QA.  This action is useful in
    combination with wnpp-publicize (in /org/qa.debian.org/data/wnpp).
  - orphan: to orphan a package
  - rfa: to put a package up for adoption



Here's an example of a template created with wnpp-orphan:

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
CC: Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>
Bcc: mia-tbm@qa.debian.org
Subject: O: cplay -- A front-end for various audio players
X-MIA-Summary: Orphaning cplay

Package: wnpp
Severity: normal

The current maintainer of cplay, Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>,
is apparently not active anymore.  Therefore, I orphan this package
now.  If you want to be the new maintainer, please take it -- retitle
this bug from 'O:' to 'ITA:', fix the outstanding bugs and upload a
new version with your name in the Maintainer: field and a

   * New maintainer (Closes: #thisbug)

in the changelog so this bug is closed.

Some information about this package:

Package: cplay
Binary: cplay
Version: 1.46-1
Priority: optional
Section: sound
Maintainer: Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>
Architecture: all
Standards-Version: 3.2.1
Files: f19279ea15e638bee192669ae75cca88 553 cplay_1.46-1.dsc
 e9853e5db42415e4f74de8a1aa526377 27573 cplay_1.46.orig.tar.gz
 af35f999d4e369468a80bfd2a7539b47 4654 cplay_1.46-1.diff.gz

Package: cplay
Depends: python
Recommends: vorbis-tools, python-pyvorbis
Suggests: mpg321 | madplay | splay | mpg123, mikmod, python-id3 (>= 1.2-1)
Description: A front-end for various audio players
 cplay provides a user-friendly interface to play various types of
 sound files.  It offers a simple file list with which you can
 navigate around looking for audio files and a playlist to which
 you can add the files you want to play.  cplay can play the songs
 in your playlist in repeat or random mode, and offers the option
 to store the playlist.
 .
 Currently, the following audio formats are supported: MP3 (through
 madplay, mpg321 or splay), Ogg Vorbis (through ogg123), MOD and
 other module formats (through mikmod).

Justification:

developer is lame


-- 
Martin Michlmayr
tbm@cyrius.com