Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal Quoting myself from: https://bugs.debian.org/755618#17
| On Sun, Jan 03, 2016 at 07:06:03PM +1100, Brian May wrote: | > # these packages appear to be abandoned upstream, so probably do have | > # Django 1.7 issues. | [...] | > # 755618 src:python-django-djapian | > severity 755618 serious | > # last upstream release 11 Oct 2009 | | Sadly djapian seems to go inactive upstream not long after I sponsored | the package in the first place. | | One of the upstream authors cared enough to migrate the source from | google code to github around 10 months ago: | | https://github.com/daevaorn/djapian | | But there's been no obvious activity since, and the last commit prior | to that was 2012-09-01. | | One of the last few commits "Updated runtests.py to support Django 1.4": | | https://github.com/daevaorn/djapian/blob/master/runtests.py | | I don't know how compatible django is over minor version bumps, but it | seems optimistic to me to expect it still works as-is with django 1.7. | | Popcon score is low and declining: | | https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=python-django-djapian | | (One of those is actually me, presumably from back when I sponsored it). | | I think at this point, either it needs somebody to step forward who | cares enough to test with django 1.7 and do any work needed to make it | work, or it should be removed from Debian. | | I'll file an RM bug in a few weeks if there are no volunteers. The package was removed from testing on 2016-01-19. I think it's time to remove it from unstable too. Cheers, Olly
