Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: martin.steigerw...@proact.de
Control: affects -1 src:fsmark

I intend to orphan the fsmark package.

The package description is:
 The fs_mark benchmark tests synchronous write workloads. It can vary
 the number of files, directory depth, etc. It has detailed timings
 for reads, writes, unlinks and fsyncs that make it good for simulating
 mail servers and other setups.


Reasons:

I do not use fs_mark anymore.

Upstream asked me to convert the package to a native package. I'd like
to keep the gbp repository layout.

I am not aware of major development on fsmark.


Hints for someone who wants to take over maintenance:

Due to the lack of development and the simplicity of the package except
updating to current Debian standards there may not be all that much to do.

Last release of package is from 6th of February 2019 and so far it just
kept compiling. There was one binary rebuild.

Apparently I did some further commits to the package repository at

https://salsa.debian.org/debian/fsmark/

that I never released. See tracker page for the package:

https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/fsmark

Also there is one merge request about removing unnecessary constraints
open on Salsa.

When you take over the package, it is of course up to you whether to keep
current gbp / quilt layout of the repo or convert to a native package. 

Last upstream repository I am aware of is from 2014:

git://oss.sgi.com/dgc/fs_mark
http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=dgc/fs_mark;a=summary

These are gone. There might be an archive of those at archive.org

Upstream developers I last had contact to are Dave Chinner and Ric Wheeler.
This was also in 2014. In case you like to know their last e-mail addresses
contact me by private mail.

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