Bug#891982: xchat: Intent to file removal bug

2018-03-05 Thread Gianfranco Costamagna
control: severity -1 important control: clone -1 -2 control: reassign -2 src:hexchat control: retitle -2 hexchat: current upstream maintainer is fixing security bugs without disclosing them, making hexchat completely unsafe for stable releases Hello, (I'm cloning based on the fact that new upst

Processed: Re: Bug#891982: xchat: Intent to file removal bug

2018-03-05 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing control commands: > severity -1 important Bug #891982 [src:xchat] xchat: Intent to file removal bug Severity set to 'important' from 'serious' > clone -1 -2 Bug #891982 [src:xchat] xchat: Intent to file removal bug Bug 891982 cloned as bug 892085 > reassign -2 src:hexchat Bug #892085 [s

Bug#891982: xchat: Intent to file removal bug

2018-03-04 Thread Antoine Beaupre
On Sun, Mar 04, 2018 at 05:50:15PM +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > >> I don't think a rant posted on reddit by the author of a fork > >> is justified enough to ask for a package to be removed from > >> the archive. > > > > The author posted his opinion to his personal blog and did not >

Bug#891982: xchat: Intent to file removal bug

2018-03-04 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 03/04/2018 05:26 PM, Jeremy Bicha wrote: > 1. "in the maintainer's opinion, makes the package unsuitable for release" [1] Didn't you say there is no longer an upstream maintainer? Please note we have had similar cases with other packages where the maintainer of a forked project or the original

Bug#891982: xchat: Intent to file removal bug

2018-03-04 Thread Jeremy Bicha
On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 10:14 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Could you provide any references to bug reports which indicates > that there are problems with the xchat package which make it > unfit for release or violate against any of the points mentioned > in the Debian Policy? 1. "in the

Bug#891982: xchat: Intent to file removal bug

2018-03-04 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Package: src:xchat Followup-For: Bug #891982 Hi Jeremy! Could you provide any references to bug reports which indicates that there are problems with the xchat package which make it unfit for release or violate against any of the points mentioned in the Debian Policy? Please note that we have oth

Bug#891982: xchat: Intent to file removal bug

2018-03-03 Thread Alf Gaida
For gods sake, please go for it. Thank you very much Cheers Alf

Bug#891982: xchat: Intent to file removal bug

2018-03-03 Thread Jeremy Bicha
Source: xchat Version: 2.8.8-13 Severity: serious xchat was removed from Debian 2 years ago because "dead upstream; active fork available" [1] The situation has not changed since then. xchat has not had any upstream releases since 2010. Meanwhile, hexchat is under active development. The hexchat