Bug#769173: RFA: libmusicbrainz5 -- Library to access the MusicBrainz.org database
On 12/11/14 12:04, Sebastian Ramacher wrote:
> Control: owner -1 !
> Control: retitle -1 ITA: libmusicbrainz5 -- Library to access the MusicBrainz.org database
>
> On 2014-11-11 22:31:56, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>> Package: wnpp
>> X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org,
>> pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org, andy@gently.org.uk,
>> tjaalton@ubuntu.com
>>
>> https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libmusicbrainz5
>>
>> libmusicbrainz5 is pulled into many GNOME desktops as a dependency,
>> hence the high popcon stats:
>> https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=libmusicbrainz5
>>
>> There is currently an RC bug, a couple of non-free files crept in at
>> some point, upstream has removed them but had to make API changes.
>> Somebody adopting the package may need to consider a transition.
>>
>> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=749698
>>
>> This package relies on a web service API from MusicBrainz and somebody
>> familiar with that may be able to support the package more easily.
>>
>> I think this is a very worthwhile package, it is part of the eco-system
>> of open source alternatives to cloud-based music services. I originally
>> helped with this package to support the packaging of flactag. However,
>> I have a large portfolio of other packages where I have more in-depth
>> experience and ongoing development work hence I'm putting this one
>> up for adoption in the hope that somebody will focus on it.
> I will continue mainting the package in the Multimedia team if that's
> okay with you.
That's great - Timo has also been a maintainer and he informed me he is
dropping out too so you can remove both of our names from Uploaders
Andy Hawkins is one of the upstream developers, he is not a DD but he
has guest access on alioth and in the repository
Please also get in touch with #debian-release and mention the RC bug,
they may need some help getting that resolved for jessie.
I'm happy to continue maintaining the flactag package for now, Andy is
also upstream for that, it uses libmusicbrainz5
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