Bug#899766: ivtv-utils: Invalid maintainer address pkg-mythtv-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org

[Ian Campbell]

On Thu, 2018-05-24 at 09:27 +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> So I think removing ivtv-utils from Debian is probably the best
> answer.
> Unless someone from the X-Debbugs-Cc line suggests oherwise I will do
> so, lets say on or after 1 June 2018 (a bit over a week from today).

Done: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=900631

Ian.

Bug#899766: ivtv-utils: Invalid maintainer address pkg-mythtv-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org

[Ian Campbell]

On Thu, 2018-05-24 at 09:44 +0200, Christoph Biedl wrote:
> Package: src:ivtv-utils
> Version: 1.4.1-2
> Severity: serious
> User: ad...@alioth-lists.debian.net
> Usertag: alioth-lists-maintainer
> 
> Dear uploader of ivtv-utils,
> 
> as you've probably heard, Debian's alioth services are shutting down.
> This affects your package ivtv-utils since the list address
> pkg-mythtv-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org used in the Maintainer:
> field was not transferred to the alioth-lists service that provides a
> continuation for the lists in the @lists.alioth.debian.org domain.

Thanks for your report.

I think the ivtv-utils have mostly been subsumed into v4l-utils or
otherwise been made obsolete (the driver itself has been in the
upstream kernel for ages).

Personally I no longer have any ivtv based hardware (the UK switched to
a digital broadcasting standard some time ago) to use or test with
(well, TBH, I suspect I have some in a cupboard somewhere, but it is
largely useless to me...).

The upstream domain, ivtvdriver.org, appears to have lapsed and is now
owned by some domain parking service.

So I think removing ivtv-utils from Debian is probably the best answer.
Unless someone from the X-Debbugs-Cc line suggests oherwise I will do
so, lets say on or after 1 June 2018 (a bit over a week from today).

I've CC-d the O: bug for this package too in case anyone else is
subscribed to that.

Ian.

Bug#899766: ivtv-utils: Invalid maintainer address pkg-mythtv-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org

[Christoph Biedl]

Package: src:ivtv-utils
Version: 1.4.1-2
Severity: serious
User: ad...@alioth-lists.debian.net
Usertag: alioth-lists-maintainer

Dear uploader of ivtv-utils,

as you've probably heard, Debian's alioth services are shutting down.
This affects your package ivtv-utils since the list address
pkg-mythtv-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org used in the Maintainer:
field was not transferred to the alioth-lists service that provides a
continuation for the lists in the @lists.alioth.debian.org domain.

Addresses that were not migrated have been disabled some time  ago. As
a result your package is now in violation of a "must" in the Debian
policy (3.3, working email address), making it unfit for release.

Please fix this before long. Among other reasons, keep in mind bug
reports and important notifications about your package might not reach
you.

Your options:

* Upload another version with a new maintainer address of your choice,

* Migrate the list to the new system. This is still possible,
  please appoint a Debian developer as a list owner first, then
  contact the alioth lists migration team 
  and provide all the necessary information.

  More information about the new service can be found here:
  

* More options, even if imperfect, can be found at
  


The first option is probably suitable only if the address was used just
in a small number of packages since this requires an upload for each of
them. To our knowledge, the usage count of
pkg-mythtv-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org is 1.

The second option is available for a limited time only, by end of
May 2018 the most. So if you're interested in going this way, start the
process as soon as possible.

Note, as mails to the maintainer address will not get through, this
bugreport is Cc'ed (X-Debbugs-CC:) to all uploaders of the package.

Regards,

Christoph and some alioth-lists maintainers


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