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Bug#1020669: marked as done (O: geneweb -- genealogy software with web interface)

Your message dated Mon, 08 May 2023 13:31:27 +0000
with message-id <E1pw0xb-00A8he-MF@fasolo.debian.org>
and subject line Bug#1035729: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #1020669,
regarding O: geneweb -- genealogy software with web interface
to be marked as done.

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Package: wnpp
Severity: normal

I intend to orphan the geneweb source package, a 24 year old genealogy software with web interface.

I don't have the time to make the required major changes to the package, but I would be pleased to help the new maintainer to ease the transition. Also, Debian developer Sébastien Villemot <sebastien@debian.org>, which was my sponsor for the uploads over the years, told me that he would accept to continue in his role if the new maintainer is not a Debian developer.

Package info : https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/geneweb
Upstream repo : https://github.com/geneweb/geneweb
Package repo : https://salsa.debian.org/GuillaumeBrochu-guest/geneweb

The current geneweb package (6.08+git20181019+dfsg-3) is no longer buildable (FTBFS) with the current camlp5 version in testing (see bug #1002979). Therefore the first task of the new maintainer will be to migrate to geneweb 7 (latest formal release : https://github.com/geneweb/geneweb/releases/tag/v7.0.0, see #986285). Since the database format is changing with major version 7 (with the addition of personal and family "events"), all user databases would have to be saved in .gw format first, ideally with a maintainer script.

Also :
- The sub-folder structure of geneweb 7 is totally different. All the scripts and patches must be reworked or rethinked accordingly.
- The daemon scripts for geneweb and gwsetup would probably need to be rewritten or rethinked for systemd.
- The binary package geneweb-gui which is no longer available upstream will have to be removed (#953367, #967383)

Do not hesitate to contact me if you need additional information.

With best regards,

Guillaume Brochu
guillaume.brochu@gmail.com

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Version: 6.08+git20181019+dfsg-3+rm

Dear submitter,

as the package geneweb has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports.  We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.

For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1035729

The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using https://snapshot.debian.org/.

Please note that the changes have been done on the master archive and
will not propagate to any mirrors until the next dinstall run at the
earliest.

This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is
a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing
ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Scott Kitterman (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)

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