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and subject line Bug#1114982: fixed in dfu-programmer 1.1.0-1
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regarding dfu-programmer: Intend to Sponsor or Orphan: dfu-programmer
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Source: dfu-programmer
Version: 0.6.1-1
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: Rodolphe PELLOUX-PRAYER <[email protected]>,
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
Package Salvaging Team <[email protected]>
Hi Rodolphe,
It seems the package dfu-programmer has seen quite a series of
unfortunate attempts to update it. To say it clearly: My prefered result
to upgrade this package would be if I would sponsor this package while
keeping you as Uploader.
Your last message I've seen in BTS[1] about five years ago seemed you
are interested to work on it but you did not found any sponsor.
Unfortunately subsequent offers for sponsering were not answered by you
- no idea why ... you might have missed these. I would be quite
interested what you think about the sponsoring process and how it could
be enhanced for you.
Anyway, to break this circle and finally get the latest version of
dfu-programmer into the archive I cloned your reporitory to the Debian/
team[2]. Since I had to update all three branches using MRs sounded to
complex for me. I've sent you an invitation to this repository so you
should have full access for future commits. I hope this location might
simplify the cooperation on this repository. In case you disagree with
this that's perfectly fine. Just merge the changes into your private
repository if you want to upload from there (please also revert the
change of Vcs fields in d/control in this case).
As I said keeping the package in your hands by the help of sponsors
would be my prefered solution. Since we observed in other cases that
maintainers are somehow vanishing for whatever reason the alternative is
to orphan the package.
There is an attempt to introduce a new procedure, which I propose to call
Intend To Orphan. While we have an established process for making minimal,
fine-grained changes to a package, it does not cover broader
improvements such as migrating to Salsa, updating the Standards-Version,
or adjusting the debhelper compatibility level. However, some packages
could benefit from more extensive changes, and this procedure aims to
provide a structured way to implement them. Unlike the well-established
Package Salvage procedure[3] which requires an active Uploader, the goal
here is to allow collaborative work on a package on Salsa, even if no
active uploader expresses interest in maintaining it.
--> Maintainer set to Debian QA Group <[email protected]>
If you do not agree to those large-scale changes to this package I did
in Git, feel free to close this bug or tag it as 'wontfix' to inform
others. There is no obligation to continue reading if your stance is
clear, and that decision will, of course, be respected.
Otherwise, I will follow the well-established timing of the ITS
procedure, waiting 21 days before performing a QA Upload to delayed=10.
This procedure has not yet reached consensus--I am simply exploring
whether it could be accepted. It was disussed at DebConf25 but some
consensus is pending. Please keep in mind that the goal of this process
is to help ensure that packages remain up to date and well maintained.
If you have suggestions for improving it, your feedback is most welcome.
As said above I'd prefer if you keep on maintaining dfu-programmer but
for completeness I mention the criteria for the orphaning process:
- Bugs filed against the package do not have answers from the
maintainer.
- Upstream has released several versions, but despite there being
a bug entry asking for it, it has not been packaged.
- Not published with Vcs fields set to Salsa
- No maintainer upload in the last 12 years (and no response to
bugs since 5 years)
- Standards-Version < 4
This package was highlighted in the Bug of the Day[4] initiative, which
aims to introduce newcomers to manageable tasks and guide them through
the workflow to solve them. The focus of this initiative is on migrating
packages to Salsa, as it's a great way to help newcomers become familiar
with a consistent Git-based workflow.
Kind regards
Andreas.
[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=881075#15
[2] https://salsa.debian.org/debian/dfu-programmer
[3]
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.en.html#package-salvaging
[4] https://salsa.debian.org/qa/tiny_qa_tools/-/wikis/Tiny-QA-tasks
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Source: dfu-programmer
Source-Version: 1.1.0-1
Done: Andreas Tille <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
dfu-programmer, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Andreas Tille <[email protected]> (supplier of updated dfu-programmer package)
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Format: 1.8
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:21:34 +0200
Source: dfu-programmer
Architecture: source
Version: 1.1.0-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian QA Group <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Andreas Tille <[email protected]>
Closes: 881075 928335 1096518 1114982
Changes:
dfu-programmer (1.1.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
.
* QA upload.
.
[ Rodolphe Pelloux-Prayer ]
* debian/patches/:
- refresh update_configure.
.
[ Andreas Tille ]
* New upstream version 1.1.0
Closes: #881075, #1096518
* Move packaging Git to Debian team
Closes: #928335, #1114982
* Point watch file to Github
* override_dh_autoreconf to call ./bootstrap.sh (Thanks for the hint to Tj)
* Standards-Version: 4.7.2 (routine-update)
* debhelper-compat 13 (routine-update)
* Replace transitional package pkg-config by pkgconf in Build-Depends
(routine-update)
* Secure URI in copyright format (routine-update)
* Add debian/upstream/metadata
* d/copyright: review
* d/rules: enabling hardening options
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