Bug#832941: RFS: 4pane (debian: to exclusive)
Dear Sean,
>Thank you for revising your work in light of my review. We're too late
>to get 4Pane into stretch, so there's no longer any time pressure on
>this review process.
I know. It missed the jessie freeze too ;)
>So I'd like to reply regarding only the Bakefile
>issue, since that's the biggest blocker to uploading this.
Good; I've found more issues in d/copyright that need sorting out first.
>(Also, by the time the ftp-masters are accepting NEW packages again, I
>will be a DD, so I can actually do the upload for you.)
//snip
>I suspect that those other packages are buggy, then. I note that the
>ftp-masters have stated that their review process does not operate on
>precedent: the presence of any given package in the archive does not
>itself constitute a reason for accepting another.
I see.
>Why not just go ahead and package Bakefile? It might be useful to
>someone else. You don't have to invoke it during the 4Pane build; it
>just needs to be possible for someone else to get everything they need
>to do so from the Debian mirrors.
>
>I will review and sponsor your packaging of Bakefile.
Many thanks for the offer. I don't mind packaging Bakefile, and it shouldn't be
difficult to do.
However will it be accepted into debian? The project is moribund: apart from a
single commit 3 years ago, it's been unmaintained for 6 years. That was
supposed to give time for a rewrite which hasn't happened.
On the other hand it works as well as ever and is still easily available
(http://bakefile.org/).
Do you feel this alters the situation?
Regards,
David Hart
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