Bug#1117024: ITS: stormlib

[Andreas Tille]

Source: stormlib
Version: 9.22-1
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: 1113544 at bugs.debian.org, Debian Games Team <pkg-games-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org>, Pali Rohár <pali.rohar at gmail.com>, Package Salvaging Team <team+salvage at tracker.debian.org>

Hi Pali,

Before getting into the details: I remember there was some unfortunate
miscommunication around llmnrd in the past. I may not fully understand
what went wrong, but what I took from your comments in bug #1082667 was
that you were okay with the action taken in the end. I want to be clear
that in the case of stormlib my intention is to offer help, and that it
is of course your decision how to proceed.

I'm interested in salvaging the package stormlib, in accordance with the
Package Salvaging procedure outlined in the Developers Reference[1].
This 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.
  - Upstream has released several versions
  - There are QA issues with the package.
 
I believe the package would be a great addition to the Debian Games
Team, 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.

As some additional info: the new upstream version dropped the symbols
{Get,Set}Bits at Base. I checked that the only reverse dependency in Debian
(smpq, which you also maintain) still builds fine after applying the
cmake patch I forwarded to bug #1113512. Your input on this ABI change
would be very helpful - strictly speaking, it would need a SOVERSION
bump.
 

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

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