Axel Beckert: > Package: lintian > Version: 2.5.67 > Severity: wishlist > > According to https://wiki.debian.org/Salsa/Doc all packaging projects > hosted on Alioth need to be moved away, preferably to Salsa. > > This at least affects: > > * ${VCS}.debian.org and anonscm.debian.org in Vcs-* headers and > debian/upstream/metadata (with ${VCS} in at least git, svn, hg, bzr, > darcs, arch, and cvs). > > * http(s)://*.alioth.debian.org/ in Homepage headers, > debian/upstream/metadata, and maybe also debian/copyright. > > IMHO these should emit a tag at at least warning/normal level. > > According to https://wiki.debian.org/Alioth/MailingListContinuation the > urgency for changing Maintainer fields, etc. which point to Alioth > mailing lists is lower. Hence for now, I suggest to also emit a > (separate) tag for these, but with severity informational/minor: > > * lists.alioth.debian.org in the Maintainer and Uploaders fields > > * Maybe also lists.alioth.debian.org elsewhere in packaging, > e.g. Mailing list archives in debian/upstream/metadata, > debian/copyright or so. > > Additionally, some currently emitted tags can be probably removed or > replaced with according salsa.debian.org-based tags: > > * vcs-field-not-canoncial > > Then there's another set which might need updates, too: > > * vcs-field-bitrotted > * vcs-field-uses-not-recommended-uri-format > * vcs-git-uses-invalid-user-uri > > Feel free to clone this bug report in case these things won't be > implemented at the same time. > > [...]
My 2 cents: I do not think we should propose a mass-move until salsa is out of the beta. Given that the admins have not commited to not wiping the database, nagging people to move seems counter productive (especially if a wipe is performed later). Thanks, ~Niels
