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* The Pagure Debian package is now orphan
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:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: pagure-debian-is-now-orphan
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As [[* Planning to orphan Pagure on Debian][promised]] in the last post, I have now orphaned the Pagure Debian
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package. Here's the full text I posted on the BTS:
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After several years, I finally decided to orphan pagure :-(.
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I haven't been using it as my personal forge anymore, and unfortunately
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upstream development slowed down quite a bit after the main author and
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maintainer stopped contributing regularly to the project. But that is
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not to say that upstream is dead; they are still working towards
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preparing the next release.
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Pagure is a big package with several components and an extensive list of
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build dependencies (and an even bigger testsuite which I never managed
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to make fully work on Debian). It is not for the faint of heart, and
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most of the time is usually spent fixing its (build) dependencies so
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that it doesn't get removed from testing.
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If I may, I would like to leave some suggestions for a future
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maintainer.
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- I never had the time to write dep8 tests, mainly because setting up
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the software is not trivial. It would be great if the package had
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more Debian-centric testing.
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- Speaking of the hurdles to setting up Pagure, I believe the package
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installation could be made a bit more automated using debconf. I
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don't see a way to fully automate it (look at d/README.Debian), but
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there is certainly room for improvement.
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I also left a brief TODO list inside d/README.source; feel free to
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tackle any item there!
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I wish the next maintainer can have as much fun with the package as I
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did when I first made it for Debian!
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Thank you,
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That's it. It was while it lasted, but I needed to feel myself
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unburdened so that I don't have that constant feeling of "I should be
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properly maintaining this package...".
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If you feel like you'd like to give it a try at maintaining Pagure,
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now is the time!
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* DONE Planning to orphan Pagure on Debian :english:debian:free_software:
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* DONE Planning to orphan Pagure on Debian :english:debian:free_software:
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CLOSED: [2024-02-25 Sun 22:23]
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CLOSED: [2024-02-25 Sun 22:23]
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title = "The Pagure Debian package is now orphan"
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author = ["Sergio Durigan Junior"]
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As [promised]({{< relref "planning-to-orphan-pagure" >}}) in the last post, I have now orphaned the Pagure Debian
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package. Here's the full text I posted on the BTS:
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> After several years, I finally decided to orphan pagure :-(.
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>
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> I haven't been using it as my personal forge anymore, and unfortunately
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> upstream development slowed down quite a bit after the main author and
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> maintainer stopped contributing regularly to the project. But that is
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> not to say that upstream is dead; they are still working towards
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> preparing the next release.
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>
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> Pagure is a big package with several components and an extensive list of
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> build dependencies (and an even bigger testsuite which I never managed
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> to make fully work on Debian). It is not for the faint of heart, and
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> most of the time is usually spent fixing its (build) dependencies so
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> that it doesn't get removed from testing.
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>
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> If I may, I would like to leave some suggestions for a future
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> maintainer.
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>
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> - I never had the time to write dep8 tests, mainly because setting up
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> the software is not trivial. It would be great if the package had
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> more Debian-centric testing.
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>
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> - Speaking of the hurdles to setting up Pagure, I believe the package
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> installation could be made a bit more automated using debconf. I
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> don't see a way to fully automate it (look at d/README.Debian), but
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> there is certainly room for improvement.
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>
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> I also left a brief TODO list inside d/README.source; feel free to
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> tackle any item there!
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>
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> I wish the next maintainer can have as much fun with the package as I
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> did when I first made it for Debian!
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>
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> Thank you,
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That's it. It was while it lasted, but I needed to feel myself
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unburdened so that I don't have that constant feeling of "I should be
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properly maintaining this package...".
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If you feel like you'd like to give it a try at maintaining Pagure,
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now is the time!
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