[Debian-astro-maintainers] Bug#1121550: ITS: stardata-common

[Andreas Tille]

Source: stardata-common
Version: 0.8+nmu1
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: 1119574 at bugs.debian.org, Debian Astronomy Maintainers <debian-astro-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org>, Francisco Manuel Garcia Claramonte <francisco at debian.org>, Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Peña <jfs at computer.org>, Package Salvaging Team <team+salvage at tracker.debian.org>

Hi,

I would be interested in helping with stardata-common, following the
Package Salvaging procedure outlined in the Developers Reference[1].
From what I see, the package seems to meet the criteria for this
process, and I'd like to support keeping it maintained in Debian. As the
Salvage process suggests, here is a list of the criteria that I believe
apply:

  - NMU
  - Bugs filed against the package do not have answers from the
    maintainer.
  - Homepage was pointing to Alioth which is not online any more
  - There are QA issues with the package.


I believe the package would be a great addition to the Debian Astronomy
Maintainers, and I took the liberty to create the Salsa repository
here[2]. If you choose not to accept the ITS, I'd be more than happy to
help you move it to another location, such as debian/, or wherever you
prefer. My goal is to make it as easy as possible for you to join the
team. I'd also be delighted to assist in adding you as a team member if
you could share your Salsa login.

This package was highlighted in the Bug of the Day[3] 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 help newcomers become familiar
with a consistent Git-based workflow.

Kind regards
    Andreas.

[1] https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.en.html#package-salvaging
[2] https://salsa.debian.org/debian-astro-team/stardata-common
[3] https://salsa.debian.org/qa/tiny_qa_tools/-/wikis/Tiny-QA-tasks

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