Package: wnpp Severity: normal I request assistance with maintaining the apt-listbugs package.
The other co-maintainer (Ryan Niebur) is currently almost MIA and finally told me that he no longer wants to be involved in apt-listbugs maintenance: see <http://bugs.debian.org/588636> and <http://git.debian.org/?p=apt-listbugs/apt-listbugs.git;a=commitdiff;h=b999e0ba2f3c03ee367e45d7e8de4abbfe892457> if you want to read the full story... I would say that the package is generally in a decent shape: it normally works as intended, lintian does not complain about it, its non-pending bug count is decreasing (see <http://qa.debian.org/data/bts/graphs/a/apt-listbugs.png>), I usually manage to deal with bug reports and go ahead with developing work by myself, ... However, I sometimes need help with Ruby (I am not yet the Ruby expert I would dream to be!) or with packaging techniques (I am still learning them!). Hence, I would like to find someone else who could co-maintain the package with me. The ideal candidate * has experience with the Ruby language * knows how to use Git * has Debian packaging experience * is willing to dedicate some time to this package (the amount of needed time is not big: I will mostly need some review of my work, and occasionally some help on stuff I am not too expert at) Bonus points if the candidate is a DD or a DM, since I have no upload rights (and hence I would need a sponsor for each upload, in the absence of a DD or DM co-maintainer). Thanks in advance to anyone who volunteers! The package description is: apt-listbugs is a tool which retrieves bug reports from the Debian Bug Tracking System and lists them. Especially, it is intended to be invoked before each upgrade/installation by apt in order to check whether the upgrade/installation is safe. . Many developers and users prefer the unstable version of Debian for its new features and packages. apt, the usual upgrade tool, can break your system by installing a buggy package. . apt-listbugs lists critical bug reports from the Debian Bug Tracking System. Run it before apt to see if an upgrade or installation is known to be unsafe. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101020213238.4689.51275.report...@homebrew
