On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 07:45:43PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: normal > > The quilt package needs supplementary maintainers in order to be well > maintained. The main maintainer Martin Quinson has not enough time > to do all the required work. Simon Horman is co-maintainer but I haven't > seen him doing anything on the package (and the last mention in changelog > dates back to Apr 2007), Simon shall we remove you from the Uploaders?
Yes, please do. > I am the third maitainer listed in Uploaders but I joined only to > work on the integration with new source package formats (and with build > system in general) and would like to see the package in a better shape but > I don't have the time/will to do all the usual work. > > There is lots of work to do: > - update all the patches for the new upstream version (and we have 22 > patches) > Martin Quinson started this work but he has not yet pushed his work > in a public branch, hopefully that mail will remind him to do it > - document all the patches and submit them upstream even if they have been > not very receptive to some of them a few years ago (in particular the > rewrite of backup-files in shell apparently) > - go through open bug reports and forward them upstream as well > > The package is currently maintained in git. If you have any question, > please ask. > > > The package description is: > Quilt manages a series of patches by keeping track of the changes > each of them makes. They are logically organized as a stack, and you can > apply, un-apply, refresh them easily by traveling into the stack (push/pop). > . > Quilt is good for managing additional patches applied to a package received > as a tarball or maintained in another version control system. The stacked > organization is proven to be efficient for the management of very large patch > sets (more than hundred patches). As matter of fact, it was designed by and > for Linux kernel hackers (Andrew Morton, from the -mm branch, is the > original author), and its main use by the current upstream maintainer is to > manage the (hundreds of) patches against the kernel made for the SUSE > distribution. > . > This package provides seamless integration into Debhelper or CDBS, > allowing maintainers to easily add a quilt-based patch management system in > their packages. The package also provides some basic support for those not > using those tools. See README.Debian for more information. > > -- > Raphaël Hertzog > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
