Source: w9wm Version: 0.4.2-8 Severity: important X-Debbugs-Cc: Mats Erik Andersson <mats.anders...@gisladisker.se>, Package Salvaging Team <team+salv...@tracker.debian.org>
Dear maintainer, I suggest removing w9wm from Debian for the following reasons: * It accumulated two bugs with patches * There are no votes in popcon https://qa.debian.org/popcon-graph.php?packages=w9wm&show_installed=on&show_vote=on&want_legend=on&want_ticks=on&from_date=&to_date=&hlght_date=&date_fmt=%25Y-%25m&beenhere=1 * The description says "It shares most of its appearance with the window manager 9wm, from which it descends". However, the 9wm windowmaker is Debian is much more recent than w9wm where development seems to have stopped. This bug serves as a pre-removal warning. After one month, the bug will be reassigned to ftp.debian.org to actually request removal of the package. In case the package should be kept in unstable, please say so here. I would volunteer to update the Vcs fields from SVN to Git on Salsa, apply the patches to fix the open bugs and modernise packaging. In case the package should be removed from unstable, you may reassign this bug report: Control: severity -1 normal Control: retitle -1 RM: w9wm -- RoM; unmaintained upstream, outdated Control: reassign -1 ftp.debian.org Control: affects -1 + src:w9wm Alternatively, you may wait until after Trixie is released and have it reassigned. In case you disagree with the above, please add a wontfix tag to this bug. Control: tags -1 + wontfix Your package was highlighted in the Bug of the Day[1] initiative, which aims to introduce newcomers to manageable tasks and guide them through the workflow to solve them. The focus of this initiative is on migrating packages to Salsa, as it's a great way to familiarize newcomers with a consistent Git-based workflow. Kind regards Andreas. [1] https://salsa.debian.org/qa/tiny_qa_tools/-/wikis/Tiny-QA-tasks -- System Information: Debian Release: trixie/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (501, 'testing'), (50, 'buildd-unstable'), (50, 'unstable'), (5, 'experimental'), (1, 'buildd-experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 6.12.22-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=de_DE:de Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled
