Hi Francesco, 2018-04-02 17:31 GMT+02:00 Francesco Poli <invernom...@paranoici.org>: ... > I noticed that you removed yourself from the uploader list, but I was > hoping someone else from the Debian Science Team was going to step in > soon... Is this not the case? :-( ...
Well, I hope also. >> I am not using it any more > > Because you no longer have the need to perform data visualizations? > Or because you now use some other similar package? > I am not aware of any other comparable package in Debian, but maybe you > are: that's why I am asking... Please see here [1]. [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2017/10/msg00078.html >> If you really want it to be fixed (as well as export to AVI), feel free >> to join our team and provide some patches. > > This is difficult, I lack the time and I don't know how long will it > take to get the expertise required to maintain such a package... Debian Science Team members are usually very helpful if somebody is trying to solve technical questions. >> Otherwise paraview is the good >> candidate to be dropped from the next release. > > Assuming this is not an April Fool's Day prank, I am very worried by > this danger. I really hope this won't happen! Some packages can live many years without maintainer. But ParaView is too large and complex to use this opportunity. If RC-bugs will not be resolved on time - any package is being removed from the testing, and later - does not go to release. Best regards Anton
