Bug#779043: RFA: gtkpod
On Mon, 23 Feb 2015 at 17:39:34 +0100, Matteo F. Vescovi wrote:
> I'm not using an iPod anymore and I'm not going to buy a new one,
> so I've lost interest in maintaining this package.
Hi,
I notice this package is in principle team-maintained. Is there anyone
else in the gtkpod maintainers team besides mfv@ and hyperair@?
The other packages maintained by the gtkpod maintainers team seem to
have had a lot of NMUs. Should libgpod, libimobiledevice, libplist,
libusbmuxd and usbmuxd also be considered to have RFA status?
If they are effectively unmaintained, it might be better to orphan
them so that QA uploads can be used on them: libgpod, libplist,
libimobiledevice, libusbmuxd and usbmuxd are all considered to be key
packages, because they are part of desktop tasks (GNOME and others) and
have high popcon scores. libimobiledevice is part of the default GNOME
desktop (and others) via gvfs-backends and upower, while libgpod is part
of the default GNOME desktop via rhythmbox-plugins.
libgpod and gtkpod don't look particularly active upstream. If they
are significantly less active than the lower level libraries, then it
might be time to think about disabling libgpod support in
amarok/banshee/clementine/rhythmbox for buster so that it isn't on the
critical path for releases?
(Sorry, I have no interest in taking over these packages or mentoring
a new maintainer: I don't own any iDevices.)
Regards,
S
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