Bug#1087454: ITS: gav

[Andreas Tille]

Source: gav
Version: 0.9.0-3.2
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: 436907 at bugs.debian.org, 946772 at bugs.debian.org, 1010371 at bugs.debian.org, Debian Games Team <pkg-games-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org>, Ari Pollak <ari at debian.org>, Package Salvaging Team <team+salvage at tracker.debian.org>

Hi

I'm interested in salvaging your package gav, 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:

  - NMUs, especially if there has been more than one NMU in a row.
  - Bugs filed against the package do not have answers from the
    maintainer.
  - Upstream has released several versions, but despite there being
    a bug entry asking for it, it has not been packaged.
  - There are QA issues with the package.

I believe your package would be a great addition to the Debian Games
team, and I'm planning 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.

BTW, the new upstream version which is now in git contains the
gav-themes.  Probably we should create a multi-binary package from
the gav source and drop the separate gav-themes source package.

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/games-team/gav
[3] https://salsa.debian.org/tille/tiny_qa_tools/-/wikis/Tiny-QA-tasks



-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
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  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (50, 'buildd-unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
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