Bug#1099618: ITS: numdiff

[Andreas Tille]

Source: numdiff
Version: 5.9.0-1
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: 1013838 at bugs.debian.org, 1097483 at bugs.debian.org, Debian Science Maintainers <debian-science-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org>, Paolo Greppi <paolo.greppi at libpf.com>, Yaroslav Halchenko <debian at onerussian.com>, Package Salvaging Team <team+salvage at tracker.debian.org>

Hi Paolo and Yaroslav,

I'm interested in salvaging your package numdiff, in accordance with the
Package Salvaging procedure outlined in the Developers Reference[1].
Your package meets the criteria for this process, and I would love to
assist in preserving and maintaining it. As the Salvage process
suggests, here is a list of the criteria that apply, in my opinion:

  - Bugs filed against the package do not have answers from the
    maintainer.
  - There are QA issues with the package.

I believe your package would be a great addition to the Debian Science
team, and I took the liberty to create the Salsa repository here[2].  I
know at least from Yaroslav that you are very positive about team
maintenance in Debian Science team.  As I said in my other mail today
(to debian-mentors, the issue is solved meanwhile) I have created the
git repository (see below in my ITS template) from your repository at
gitlab.com.  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.

Your 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 familiarize newcomers 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/science-team/numdiff
[3] 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 6.12.12-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