Bug#984736: Still looking for Maintainers?
Hi all, I am interested in collaborating in this project. Are Maintainers still needed? Regards, Kevin Madrid
Bug#984736: status report on cron -> cronie transition?
Hello, Could someone please point me on the current status here? There is many patches in cron's package, and probably even more knowledge in the existing cron codebase. How/when will we able to say that it's now OK to switch to cronie? I have the feeling that switching from cron to cronie could be easier if we had tests for these softwares. I've found some tests in debian/tests of cron, but they don't seem numerous enough to help here. Maybe something around cwrap.org could help? Thanks for any advice, Mt signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Bug#984736:
Hi Brian, On 24.04.21 00:51, Brian Thompson wrote: >> Ideally a maintainer willing to help cron move forward would support the next >> major task to be done: moving the Debian-specific patches into cronie and >> providing an updated package for cronie replacement that can eventually >> replace cron.> > I’d like to help out here if no one else has responded. I can read > repositories on Salsa but don’t have an account there yet since I’m not > officially a part of the Debian org. Anyone can create an account on Salsa -- in fact, contributing there is usually the first step towards becoming an official member. Once you have an account, there are multiple ways one can contribute, eg: using a fork and filing merge requests, or eventually directly commit to the repository. The Debian Mentors page is usually a good starting point for the available documentation: https://mentors.debian.net/ >>Please contact the current maintainer if you can help in maintaining and >>improving cron. > > @Javier, I cc’ed you and I think what is Christian’s email which I > pulled from the cron git history. I am no longer a maintainer of cron. I am, however, still the maintainer of closely related cronie, which should probably succeed cron at some point (given much better upstream support). I'm not actively maintaining that one either, hence I have requested an adopter (#974038). I would be willing to assist (withing reason) anyone interested in taking over that one. Best, Christian
Bug#984736:
>Ideally a maintainer willing to help cron move forward would support the next>major task to be done: moving the Debian-specific patches into cronie and >providing an updated package for cronie replacement that can eventually>replace cron. I’d like to help out here if no one else has responded. I can read repositories on Salsa but don’t have an account there yet since I’m not officially a part of the Debian org. >Please contact the current maintainer if you can help in maintaining and>improving cron. @Javier, I cc’ed you and I think what is Christian’s email which I pulled from the cron git history. Best regards, Brian
Bug#984736: RFH: cron -- new maintainer need
Package: wnpp Version: N/A; reported 2021-07-03 Severity: wishlist A new an active maintainer is required for the cron package. Cron is a basic system utility that runs programs periodically in the system, it is used by multitude of packages and is part of the core OS debian tools. The package is maintained in Salsa (https://salsa.debian.org/debian/cron). I picked up the package in 2005 and have been trying to maintain it and fix bugs in it and keep it more or less current. In 2014, Christian Kastner joined as co-maintainer and has been done the bulk of the job in mantaining / improving it. He recently did a fantastic job in converting the package to 3.0 (quilt). He also provided its replacement, cronie, in experimental (package available at https://salsa.debian.org/debian/cronie, upstream available at https://github.com/cronie-crond/cronie) Cron has been dead for years upstream, Debian still uses it instead of Cronie as over the years the package has received many changes that are Debian-specific. Ideally a maintainer willing to help cron move forward would support the next major task to be done: moving the Debian-specific patches into cronie and providing an updated package for cronie replacement that can eventually replace cron. Please contact the current maintainer if you can help in maintaining and improving cron. Best regards, Javier Fernández-Sanguino signature.asc Description: PGP signature
