On Thu, 10 Aug 2023 at 21:04, Nilesh Patra <nil...@mailbox.org> wrote: > > > > On 11 August 2023 1:32:07 am IST, Nilesh Patra <nil...@nileshpatra.info> > wrote: > > > > > >On 4 August 2023 8:21:50 pm IST, M Hickford <mirth.hickf...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>X-Debbugs-CC: debian...@lists.debian.org > >> > >>Dear mentors, > >> > >>I am looking for a sponsor for my package "git-credential-azure": > >> > >> * Package name : git-credential-azure > >> Version : 0.2.1-1 > >> Upstream contact : M Hickford <mirth.hickf...@gmail.com> > >> * URL : https://github.com/hickford/git-credential-azure > > > >The upstream readme says that this software is in alpha. Do you consider it > >ready to go to testing or is it better suited for experimental?
Thanks Nilesh for your reply. Ready for testing I'd say. > > > >I think it's the latter, but you probably know best. > > And since git-credential-manager is a mature alternative, what advantage does > credential-azure have over it? Principally Linux arm64 support. I've updated the readme. > > Why not package credential-manager itself? Why not get the enhancements > merged into the alternative instead? Git Credential Manager is prohibitively difficult to package because it's developed in .NET https://github.com/dotnet/source-build/discussions/2960 > > Thanks, > Nilesh
