Hi,
I just found out that package abyss is currently not maintained within
Debian Med but still in the svn repository. As there are currently several
methods to mark packages no longer within svn (MOVED, README_git,
now_managed_via_git, REMOVED_FROM_DEBIAN.readme), I would like to restart
a previous discussion and propose a machine readable README.status file.
It should contain at least a Status:- and a Comment:-line. In case of an
abandoned package there might be also a Reason:- and maybe an URL:-line.
If the package is finally deleted from svn, a Revision: might be added.
For now the following values come into my mind:
Status: abandoned <- no longer maintained in svn repository
Reason: external <- external maintainer
Reason: git <- package is now in git repository
URL: xxx <- new URL for that package
Reason: removed <- package removed from Debian
Status: active <- this package is maintained in svn
Revision: 1234 <- Revision of svn delete command (in case someone
want to have a look at this old stuff)
Comment: xxxx <- lots of interesting stuff about the package,
this should be the last entry
What do you think?
Thorsten
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