On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 09:55:47AM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 08:50:08PM +0530 schrieb Nilesh Patra:
> > Maybe, it is also a fine idea to move packages which are important in the science team,
> > but are unmaintained.
>
> But first we need a definition of unmaintained. I think we get some
> hints if
>
> * A package smells[1]
> * Has long standing unanswered bugs of severity RC or important
ACK.
> * Is outdated / has a non-working watch file
True in general, but one exception being the github URLs changing tags/releases.
A lot of packages (even mine) have 'non-working' watch because of this change, but IMO they are well maintained.
> What else?
* Packages effectively "maintained" by NMUs
* Packages with ancient dh versions (< 8) and standards version (<= 3.9.x)
* Packages not using debhelper for no good reason, but rather because nobody
has the time to work on it.
* Packages with DDs being MIA (for a very long while)
* Packages which have not seen uploads in like a decade or so
These are some more pointers I could think of.
Does this sound fair enough to you?
Nilesh
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