I would prefer to keep this package separately maintained together with the rest of the packages closely linked to openguides - it's very niche and stable (read: dormant) and I think it'd just be noise for the perl team.
Thanks for your concern. Dominic On Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 09:08:47AM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > Source: libwiki-toolkit-plugin-diff-perl > Version: 0.12-4.1 > Severity: important > X-Debbugs-Cc: Debian Perl Group > <[email protected]>, Dominic Hargreaves > <[email protected]>, [email protected], Package Salvaging Team > <[email protected]> > > Hi, > > I'm interested in salvaging your package > libwiki-toolkit-plugin-diff-perl, in accordance with the Package > Salvaging procedure outlined in the Developers Reference[1]. I know > you are a member of the Debian Perl Group in principle and wonder, > whether it is just an oversight that your package was maintained in > your private repository. If this is the case for sure feel free to > close this bug. > > Your package meets the criteria for this process, and I would love to > assist in preserving and maintaining it. As the Salvage process > suggests, here is a list of the criteria that apply, in my opinion: > > - Not uploaded for >8 years > - Bug filed against the package do not have answers from the > maintainer. > - There are QA issues with the package like insecure URIs, old > debhelper compat level, Vcs pointing to alioth (I noticed that > it was correctly redirected but consider to point to Salsa > is better anyway). > > I believe your package would be a great addition to the Debian Perl > Group, and I took the liberty to create the Salsa repository here[2]. If > you choose not to accept the ITS, I'd be more than happy to help you > move it to another location, such as debian/, or wherever you prefer. My > goal is to make it as easy as possible for you to join the team. I'd > also be delighted to assist in adding you as a team member if you could > share your Salsa login. > > Your package was highlighted in the Bug of the Day[3] 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 familiarize newcomers with a > consistent Git-based workflow. > > Kind regards > Andreas. > > [1] > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.en.html#package-salvaging > [2] > https://salsa.debian.org/perl-team/modules/packages/libwiki-toolkit-plugin-diff-perl > [3] https://salsa.debian.org/qa/tiny_qa_tools/-/wikis/Tiny-QA-tasks > > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: trixie/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (501, 'testing'), (50, 'buildd-unstable'), (50, 'unstable'), > (5, 'experimental'), (1, 'buildd-experimental') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 6.12.17-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT) > Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), > LANGUAGE=de_DE:de > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > LSM: AppArmor: enabled >
