Boyuan Yang <[email protected]> schreef op 1 januari 2026 17:44:09 CET:
>Source: kmscon
>Version: 9.0.0-5.1
>Severity: important
>X-Debbugs-CC: [email protected]
>
>Dear package kmscon maintainer in Debian,
>
>After looking into the package you maintain (kmscon,
>https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/kmscon ), I found that this package
>received no maintainer updates in the past 2 years, missed the last
>Debian Stable release, and is not in good shape. As a result,
>I am filing an ITS (Intent to Salvage) request
>against your package according to section 5.12 in Debian's Developers'
>Reference [1].
>
>My current plan is to switch to the new active upstream,
>https://github.com/kmscon/kmscon , add fixes as mentioned in
>https://bugs.debian.org/1116621 , fix RC bugs, and do initial
>preparations by observing Fedora's initiative at
>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/UseKmsconVTConsole . For
>details on the revival of kmscon project, please see
>https://github.com/Aetf/kmscon/issues/167 .
>
>Please let me know whether you are still willing to maintain this
>package. According to the criteria listed at [2], I will upload a Non-
>maintainer Upload (NMU) of this package onto DELAYED/7 after 21 days
>(Jan 22, 2026) to continue with the package salvaging. If you find it
>necessary to pause the ITS process, please let me know immediately by
>replying this bug report via email. If you find this ITS okay, please also
>let me know via email so that we can clear the countdown.
I am willing, but at the moment very much not able to maintain this package. If
you can give it the attention it needs, I'm happy to pass the baton to you. I
don't know if I can move the Salsa repo to you. If not, you can make a copy and
I will delete mine to prevent confusion.
>
>[1]
>https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.en.html#package-salvaging
>[2] https://wiki.debian.org/PackageSalvaging
>
Kind regards,
Victor Westerhuis
