Hi, The pkg-ruby-extras group has existed for a long time. It serves an important purpose - but it has grown a bit crufty. This means, we have several people listed who are not active in the group anymore, and we have many packages nobody is taking care of. And that's not good.
As you might know, I have decided to reduce my involvement in Debian Ruby (see http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/blog/?p=617 for details). I don't know yet what I will continue to do, and it might very well be "nothing". During the last months, I feel that I was the main DD feeling responsible for the pkg-ruby-extras team. While leaving, I don't want to leave it in a bad state, so I'd like to clean up its state first. There are two sides of it, team members and packages. 1) Team members We currently have 52 team members listed on alioth, which is a lot considered the number of active members. So, if you want to stay a member of the team (which is fine, I encourage you to continue to contribute to the team, and I'm also planning to stay a member for now!), please reply to this mail within the following two weeks, stating your alioth login. If you don't reply, you will be removed from the team. For reference, here is the list of team members: acornet ant0no-guest ari beatle-guest binarymutant-guest brettg-guest btm-guest cilibrar daigo daiki-guest damog deepak-guest dmoerner-guest dnusinow drazzib duck filipe-guest flavorjones-guest florian-guest fourmond gothicx-guest gwolf jtimberman-guest kapouer-guest komar-guest lazzarello-guest leandronunes-guest lucas micah michi-guest mlc-guest mstapelberg-guest ondrej paulvt rnhurt-guest roberto ryan sanxiyn-guest seb sharky sjoerd smash-guest spamaps-guest spk-guest synrg terceiro-guest tiber-guest val-guest vinc-mai-guest wdaniels-guest zoso 2) Packages The team is currently Maintainer or Uploader for 169 packages. While we have some very actively (and well) maintained packages, it's quite clear that, for most of them, nobody has been caring about them for a long time. Please reply to this mail, stating which packages you care about and want to continue to maintain as part of the team. Also, if you worked on any of the mentioned packages and do not feel it is needed anymore, please tell me so we can remove it more easily. I will orphan the packages without someone willing to maintain them — And, if they have not been part of any stable release and have no rdepends, I will request the release managers to remove them from Squeeze (and later on, possibly from Debian). Full list of source packages: (dd-list below for convenience) activeldap camping capistrano chef coderay compass-susy-plugin ctioga dnsruby feed2imap hobix kwalify libaddressable-ruby libamazonec2-ruby libbackgroundrb-ruby libbarby-ruby libbluecloth-ruby libbreakpoint-ruby libbuilder-ruby libbunny-ruby libcairo-ruby libcmd-ruby libcmdparse2-ruby libcolor-tools-ruby libcommandline-ruby libcompass-ruby libcomplearn-ruby libdaemons-ruby libdataobjects-mysql-ruby libdataobjects-postgres-ruby libdataobjects-ruby libdataobjects-sqlite3-ruby libdb-ruby libdbus-ruby libdifflcs-ruby libevent-loop-ruby libeventmachine-ruby libextlib-ruby libfacets-ruby libfakefs-ruby libfeedparser-ruby libfeedtools-ruby libferret-ruby libffi-ruby libflexmock-ruby libform-validator-ruby libfssm-ruby libfusefs-ruby libgd-ruby libgemplugin-ruby libgems-ruby libgettext-activerecord-ruby libgettext-rails-ruby libglobalhotkeys-ruby libgnuplot-ruby libgooglecharts-ruby libgpgme-ruby libgruff-ruby libgsl-ruby libhaml-ruby libheckle-ruby libhighline-ruby libhmac-ruby libhpricot-ruby libhtmlentities-ruby libhttp-access2-ruby libi18n-ruby libihelp-ruby libimage-science-ruby libinline-ruby libinnate-ruby libinotify-ruby libintl-gettext-ruby libjson-ruby libkrb5-ruby liblocale-rails-ruby liblog4r-ruby libmarkaby-ruby libmaruku-ruby libmemcache-client-ruby libmetaid-ruby libmixlib-authentication-ruby libmixlib-cli-ruby libmixlib-config-ruby libmixlib-log-ruby libmmap-ruby libmocha-ruby libnarray-ruby libnet-scp-ruby libnet-sftp2-ruby libnet-ssh-gateway-ruby libnet-ssh-multi-ruby libnet-ssh2-ruby libnet-tftp-ruby libnokogiri-ruby libodbc-ruby libogginfo-ruby libole-ruby libopen4-ruby libopengl-ruby libopenid-ruby libpacket-ruby libparsetree-ruby libpassword-ruby libpcap-ruby libpdf-writer-ruby libprawn-ruby libprogressbar-ruby librack-ruby libramaze-ruby librb-inotify-ruby librestclient-ruby librevolution-ruby librmagick-ruby librqrcode-ruby librspec-ruby libruby-extras libruby2ruby-ruby libsdl-ruby libserialport-ruby libsetup-ruby libsexp-processor-ruby libshoulda-ruby libsinatra-ruby libspreadsheet-ruby libstomp-ruby libsvg-ruby libsvm-ruby libsystemu-ruby libterm-ansicolor-ruby libtermios-ruby libtext-format-ruby libtioga-ruby libtorrent-ruby libtransaction-simple-ruby libtzinfo-ruby libusb-ruby libuuidtools-ruby libvalidatable-ruby libwill-paginate-ruby libwirble-ruby libwww-delicious-ruby libwww-mechanize-ruby libxml-parser-ruby libxml-ruby libxmpp4r-ruby libxslt-ruby libxtemplate-ruby1.8 libyadis-ruby libzoom-ruby mahoro merb moneta mongrel mongrel-cluster ncurses-ruby ohai passenger rbot rcov redmine redmine-plugin-botsfilter ruby-gnome2 ruby-pkg-tools ruby-taglib stompserver thin tokyocabinet-ruby webgen0.4 webgen0.5 DD-list: Marc Dequènes (Duck) <d...@duckcorp.org> activeldap kwalify libbuilder-ruby (U) libfacets-ruby libfeedtools-ruby libuuidtools-ruby rbot ruby-pkg-tools (U) tokyocabinet-ruby (U) webgen0.5 (U) Micah Anderson <mi...@debian.org> compass-susy-plugin libcompass-ruby libffi-ruby libfssm-ruby libgpgme-ruby (U) libhaml-ruby (U) libhpricot-ruby (U) libpacket-ruby (U) libpassword-ruby librb-inotify-ruby passenger (U) rcov Ben Armstrong <sy...@sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca> libterm-ansicolor-ruby Laurent Arnoud <laur...@spkdev.net> tokyocabinet-ruby Vincent Carmona <vinc4...@gmail.com> libglobalhotkeys-ruby Rudi Cilibrasi <cilib...@cilibrar.com> ruby-pkg-tools (U) Rudi Cilibrasi <cilib...@debian.org> libsvm-ruby (U) Arnaud Cornet <acor...@debian.org> libmmap-ruby libserialport-ruby ruby-gnome2 webgen0.4 webgen0.5 Arnaud Cornet <arnaud.cor...@gmail.com> libbluecloth-ruby libbuilder-ruby libcmdparse2-ruby libdbus-ruby (U) libfusefs-ruby libtorrent-ruby ruby-pkg-tools (U) Sebastien Delafond <s...@debian.org> libdataobjects-mysql-ruby libdataobjects-postgres-ruby libdataobjects-sqlite3-ruby libheckle-ruby Vincent Fourmond <vincent.fourm...@9online.fr> ruby-pkg-tools (U) Vincent Fourmond <fourm...@debian.org> ctioga libintl-gettext-ruby libmaruku-ruby librmagick-ruby (U) libsetup-ruby (U) libtioga-ruby webgen0.4 (U) David Moreno Garza <da...@debian.org> ruby-pkg-tools (U) Tobias Grimm <et...@debian.org> libdifflcs-ruby libfakefs-ruby libheckle-ruby (U) libinline-ruby (U) libparsetree-ruby librspec-ruby libruby2ruby-ruby (U) libsexp-processor-ruby (U) Maxim Komar <ko...@ukr.net> ruby-pkg-tools (U) Jeremy Lainé <jeremy.la...@m4x.org> libhtmlentities-ruby mongrel-cluster Jérémy Lal <kapo...@melix.org> redmine redmine-plugin-botsfilter Filipe Lautert <fil...@icewall.org> libdaemons-ruby libform-validator-ruby libxslt-ruby Filipe Lautert <fil...@debian.org> libgemplugin-ruby libxml-parser-ruby libxml-ruby mongrel passenger (U) Filipe Lautert <filipelaut...@celepar.pr.gov.br> ruby-pkg-tools (U) Christopher Lunsford <binarymut...@gmail.com> capistrano libnet-scp-ruby libnet-sftp2-ruby libnet-ssh-gateway-ruby libnet-ssh2-ruby libwww-delicious-ruby Bryan McLellan <b...@loftninjas.org> libbunny-ruby libextlib-ruby libstomp-ruby libsystemu-ruby stompserver David Moreno <da...@debian.org> passenger (U) Daigo Moriwaki <da...@debian.org> libeventmachine-ruby libgems-ruby libgsl-ruby libhmac-ruby libnarray-ruby libodbc-ruby ruby-pkg-tools (U) Ryan Niebur <ryanrya...@gmail.com> libbackgroundrb-ruby libeventmachine-ruby (U) libgooglecharts-ruby libhaml-ruby (U) libhighline-ruby libhttp-access2-ruby libinline-ruby (U) libinotify-ruby libjson-ruby libkrb5-ruby libopenid-ruby (U) libpacket-ruby libpassword-ruby (U) libprawn-ruby (U) librqrcode-ruby (U) libwirble-ruby (U) libwww-mechanize-ruby libxml-ruby (U) libzoom-ruby ruby-pkg-tools (U) thin Ryan Niebur <r...@debian.org> libhpricot-ruby libnokogiri-ruby libole-ruby (U) librack-ruby libspreadsheet-ruby (U) David Nusinow <dnusi...@debian.org> ruby-pkg-tools (U) Lucas Nussbaum <lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net> feed2imap libdb-ruby (U) libfeedparser-ruby libgnuplot-ruby librestclient-ruby libsetup-ruby (U) libtermios-ruby libxmpp4r-ruby mahoro (U) ncurses-ruby (U) ruby-pkg-tools (U) ruby-taglib (U) Ari Pollak <a...@debian.org> ruby-pkg-tools (U) Damien Raude-Morvan <draz...@debian.org> libamazonec2-ruby Thierry Reding <thie...@doppeltgemoppelt.de> ruby-pkg-tools (U) Athena Capital Research <acr-deb...@athenacr.com> libflexmock-ruby libi18n-ruby libmemcache-client-ruby libopen4-ruby libtzinfo-ruby Patrick Ringl <patri...@freenet.de> libinline-ruby ruby-pkg-tools (U) Roberto C. Sanchez <robe...@connexer.com> libflexmock-ruby (U) libi18n-ruby (U) libmemcache-client-ruby (U) libopen4-ruby (U) libtzinfo-ruby (U) Leandro Nunes dos Santos <leandronu...@colivre.coop.br> libferret-ruby (U) Michael Schutte <m.schutte...@gmail.com> libdb-ruby (U) ruby-gnome2 (U) ruby-pkg-tools (U) Michael Schutte <mi...@uiae.at> libsvm-ruby (U) libxslt-ruby (U) Ondřej Surý <ond...@debian.org> dnsruby Antonio Terceiro <terce...@softwarelivre.org> libdb-ruby (U) libferret-ruby libgd-ruby (U) libhmac-ruby (U) libjson-ruby (U) libmocha-ruby libopenid-ruby librmagick-ruby (U) libshoulda-ruby libsvg-ruby (U) libyadis-ruby ruby-gnome2 (U) ruby-pkg-tools (U) Paul van Tilburg <pau...@debian.org> camping hobix libbackgroundrb-ruby (U) libbluecloth-ruby (U) libbreakpoint-ruby libbuilder-ruby (U) libcairo-ruby libcmd-ruby libcommandline-ruby (U) libdaemons-ruby (U) libdbus-ruby libdifflcs-ruby (U) libevent-loop-ruby (U) libferret-ruby (U) libform-validator-ruby (U) libfusefs-ruby (U) libgd-ruby libgemplugin-ruby (U) libgruff-ruby (U) libhighline-ruby (U) libhmac-ruby (U) libihelp-ruby (U) libinline-ruby (U) libjson-ruby (U) liblog4r-ruby libmarkaby-ruby libmixlib-cli-ruby (U) libmixlib-config-ruby (U) libmixlib-log-ruby (U) libmmap-ruby (U) libmocha-ruby (U) libnet-tftp-ruby (U) libogginfo-ruby (U) libopengl-ruby libopenid-ruby (U) libpcap-ruby libprogressbar-ruby librack-ruby (U) librevolution-ruby libruby-extras libsdl-ruby libserialport-ruby (U) libsvg-ruby libsvm-ruby (U) libtermios-ruby (U) libtext-format-ruby (U) libwww-delicious-ruby (U) libxml-ruby (U) libxslt-ruby (U) libyadis-ruby (U) mongrel (U) ruby-gnome2 (U) ruby-pkg-tools tokyocabinet-ruby (U) Joshua Timberman <jos...@opscode.com> chef coderay libmixlib-authentication-ruby libmixlib-cli-ruby libmixlib-config-ruby libmixlib-log-ruby libnet-ssh-multi-ruby merb merb (U) moneta ohai stompserver (U) Deepak Tripathi <apenguinli...@gmail.com> activeldap (U) capistrano (U) libcompass-ruby (U) libcomplearn-ruby libgsl-ruby (U) libhaml-ruby (U) libhtmlentities-ruby (U) libi18n-ruby (U) libinnate-ruby libmetaid-ruby libmixlib-cli-ruby (U) libnet-tftp-ruby libodbc-ruby (U) libopengl-ruby (U) libramaze-ruby librestclient-ruby (U) libsdl-ruby (U) libvalidatable-ruby libxml-parser-ruby (U) libzoom-ruby (U) Deepak Tripathi <dee...@debian.org> libaddressable-ruby libdataobjects-ruby Daiki Ueno <u...@unixuser.org> libusb-ruby Laurent Vallar <v...@zbla.net> libsinatra-ruby Esteban Manchado Velázquez <z...@debian.org> libcommandline-ruby libihelp-ruby libtext-format-ruby ruby-pkg-tools (U) Gunnar Wolf <gw...@debian.org> libbarby-ruby libcolor-tools-ruby libdb-ruby (U) libevent-loop-ruby libgettext-activerecord-ruby libgettext-rails-ruby libgpgme-ruby libgruff-ruby libhaml-ruby libhttp-access2-ruby (U) libimage-science-ruby libinline-ruby (U) liblocale-rails-ruby liblog4r-ruby (U) libnet-scp-ruby (U) libnet-sftp2-ruby (U) libogginfo-ruby libole-ruby libpacket-ruby (U) libpdf-writer-ruby libprawn-ruby librmagick-ruby (U) librqrcode-ruby libspreadsheet-ruby libtransaction-simple-ruby libtzinfo-ruby (U) libwill-paginate-ruby libwirble-ruby libwww-mechanize-ruby (U) libxtemplate-ruby1.8 (U) mongrel (U) mongrel-cluster (U) ruby-pkg-tools (U) -- | Lucas Nussbaum | lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: lu...@nussbaum.fr GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | _______________________________________________ Pkg-ruby-extras-maintainers mailing list Pkg-ruby-extras-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-ruby-extras-maintainers