Bug#1085585: RFS: mcds/1.7-1 [ITP] -- Mutt CardDAV search utility

[Andrew Bower <andrew@bower.uk>]

Hi Tobias,

On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 04:46:43PM +0100, Tobias Frost wrote:

> thanks for providing mcds, looks interesting!
>
> The package looks ready for upload, so let me do that :)

Thank you for taking an interest in the package and uploading it!

I think I might have got the workflow wrong somehow for the sponsorship
because after the upload of 1.7-1 I worked with upstream on
improvements, including one of the suggestions you made below! This
resulted in version 1.9-1 which I uploaded to mentors.

1.7-1 should still be a good version so we are safe for that version
to make it to the archive but I wonder if you can suggest what my
next steps would be?

The binary change would be:

  * New upstream version 1.9
    - adds libsecret integration for credential management

And the source change:

  * Remove m4 macros from source tree

> Future Work:
> - it seems that many of the m4 macros are packaged in autoconf-archive.
> Please check whether those can be used to compile the package, as
> outdated m4 files are a source of compilation problems and autoconf-
> archive is a good way to help there.

Upstream have now removed the m4 macros and they are regenerated by
autoreconf automatically via debhelper now.

> - please consider moving the repository out of your private namespace on
> salsa; I can create you a mcds repo in the debian/ namespace and grant
> you all the required rights, please let me know.
> (private repositories are a hinderance in collaborative maintainance.)

That would be great, yes please!

> - some documents refer to http:// sites, they should be as best practice
> updated to https:// (please suggest that to upstream)

Thank you! I will propose to upstream.

Andrew