Hi Simon, On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 06:56:12PM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: > Package: sonata > Version: 1.6.2.1-6 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > Control: block -1 by 808824 > > The original sonata website has vanished, but there are two maintained > forks. > > http://www.nongnu.org/sonata/ points to https://github.com/multani/sonata/ > which has a beta release 1.7b1 running under Python 3. This requires > python-mpd2, a fork of python-mpd with Python 3 compatibility, which > I've just uploaded to NEW (#808824 will be closed when this reaches > the archive).
The beta release is from January but the previous alpha release is from 2013. I though about packaging the beta for Jessie, I'm glad that I didn't :) > There is also <https://codingteam.net/project/sonata> which points to > <https://git.gitorious.org/sonata/sonata>, but that seems to be dead > (latest commit 2012, no releases since 1.6.2.1) so I would suggest > ignoring it. > > I have prepared a proof-of-concept update for the Sonata packaging, > attached. Also available from: > ssh://git.debian.org/git/users/smcv/sonata.git Looks good to me. One minor nit. > From 483297dd9991e97bc81f9231a82faaa35a0a6535 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Simon McVittie <s...@debian.org> > Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 18:34:50 +0100 > Subject: [PATCH] New upstream beta version > > --- > debian/changelog | 26 ++++ > debian/clean | 1 + > debian/control | 62 +++++---- > debian/copyright | 73 +++++++--- > debian/patches/fix-cras-on-no-albums.patch | 16 --- > debian/patches/fix-lyrics-fetching.patch | 43 ------ > debian/patches/fix-missing-crossfade.patch | 24 ---- > debian/patches/from_upstream__fix-mmkeys.patch | 44 ------ > debian/patches/series | 4 - > debian/python-mmkeys.docs | 1 - > debian/python-mmkeys.install | 1 - > debian/python-mmkeys.preinst | 11 -- > debian/rules | 20 ++- > debian/sonata.docs | 3 +- > debian/sonata.install | 3 +- > debian/sonata.menu | 4 - > debian/sonata.xpm | 177 > ------------------------- > debian/watch | 5 +- > 18 files changed, 136 insertions(+), 382 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 debian/clean > delete mode 100644 debian/patches/fix-cras-on-no-albums.patch > delete mode 100644 debian/patches/fix-lyrics-fetching.patch > delete mode 100644 debian/patches/fix-missing-crossfade.patch > delete mode 100644 debian/patches/from_upstream__fix-mmkeys.patch > delete mode 100644 debian/python-mmkeys.docs > delete mode 100644 debian/python-mmkeys.install > delete mode 100755 debian/python-mmkeys.preinst > delete mode 100644 debian/sonata.menu > delete mode 100644 debian/sonata.xpm > > diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog > index 861eaa5..3cd6674 100644 > --- a/debian/changelog > +++ b/debian/changelog > @@ -1,3 +1,29 @@ > +sonata (1.7~b1-0.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium > + > + * Non-maintainer upload. The package is team maintained by the Python apps packaging team. I'd say this is a team upload more than an NMU. > [...] > diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control > index b6f1ab2..2ec7b97 100644 > --- a/debian/control > +++ b/debian/control > @@ -2,40 +2,46 @@ Source: sonata > Section: sound > Priority: optional > Maintainer: Python Applications Packaging Team > <python-apps-t...@lists.alioth.debian.org> > -Uploaders: Javi Merino <vi...@debian.org> > -Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), > - python-all-dev (>= 2.6.6-3~), > - pkg-config, > - python-gtk2-dev > -Build-Conflicts: libffi4-dev > -Standards-Version: 3.9.5 > +Uploaders: > + Javi Merino <vi...@debian.org>, To be honest, I've lost interest in the package. If you want to take the package over, feel free to replace my name with yours. Cheers, Javi