Hi Kunal,
On 30.09.24 17:32, Kunal Mehta wrote:
On 9/29/24 05:00, Micha Lenk wrote:
To me it is unclear why this needs to be included as backport.
Please make your case in advance on the debian-backports mailing list
in case
you believe the package is eligible for backports.
kiwix-zim-updater is a new package that isn't in bookworm, so I'd like
to make it available for stable users to install. It allows users to
automatically download updated ZIM files (offline content bundles,
e.g. Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg) when they're released.
I reviewed the criteria on <https://backports.debian.org/Contribute/>
and don't see anything that would make it ineligible - could you
clarify what about the package is unclear?
When checking the package I noticed:
* the arch-all package contains only a single shell script, nothing
else. So it could be easily installed from trixie directly (no
recompilation necessary).
* according to popcon it has only a single-digit number of installations.
So, the criteria I didn't see fit is:
Please only upload package with a notable userbase. Backports is not a
maintainer's PPA; a user request for the package may be an indicator.
Use common sense and if in doubt, ask about the package on the mailing
list <https://lists.debian.org/debian-backports/>.
So, that's just my take of it. What do /you/ think?
Anyhow, thank you for your contribution.
Kind regards,
Micha
