Package: src:nvidia-cg-toolkit Severity: wishlist User: debian...@lists.debian.org Usertags: proposed-orphan
Dear maintainer, I noticed that this package is in need of some work, and I think it's a candidate for orphaning because: * It's RC-Buggy (#639857) * The last maintainer upload was in early 2009, > 2 years ago. * The resignation of the most active co-maintainer (judging from git history [0]) [0]: http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/nvidia-cg-toolkit.git;a=shortlog There also wasn't any reply from a maintainer in recent bugs. In particular: * The requested move to non-free, meaning it wouldn't have to download pre-build binaries during installation (making the package significantly more reliable to install, and usable as a build-dependency) #502457 * Two new upstream version bugs. And, relatedly: A new developer (Miguel, CCed) has tried to get involved in the maintenance of this packaged, with no response from a maintainer [1] (although nobody said they had contacted you). This discussion included a suggestion to move the package to pkg-nvidia-devel (CCed), which may be interested in co-maintenance, if there were an active maintainer. [2] [1]: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktimwtdg1-7qsdfkk890o74o9s0e2doegxz6kr...@mail.gmail.com [2]: http://lists.debian.org/87d3k0wja0....@windlord.stanford.edu If you still have interest in maintaining this package, please close this bug and fix the RC issue (I think the best way forward is the approach I took in Ubuntu: using the upstream binaries as "source" and moving the package to non-free) http://patches.ubuntu.com/n/nvidia-cg-toolkit/ It looks like there are people interested in helping you maintain this package, if you would accept co-maintainers. If there is no response to this bug in, say, 3 months, I'll assume that the package can be orphaned and these interested people may take it over. SR -- Stefano Rivera http://tumbleweed.org.za/ H: +27 21 465 6908 C: +27 72 419 8559 UCT: x3127 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
