[Pkg-javascript-devel] alioth is down: what to do with those 119 packages ?

[Pirate Praveen]

On Friday 01 June 2018 11:08 AM, Paolo Greppi wrote:
> Hi as you know, since yesterday alioth is dead.

I think there will be a read only mirror.

> There's still quite a few packages from the js-team sitting in the
> new queue with the vcs* fields in debian/control set to:
> https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-javascript/...
> 
> To find out which they are, try the "Debian NEW Packages fancy view" at:
> http://212.237.56.209/
> check the "Only show active packages" checkbox then type this as search string:
> "https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-javascript/" 
> 
> They are 119 ATM.
> 
> As mentioned here:
> https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/pkg-javascript-devel/2018-May/026296.html
> this work has been planned for a while.
> 
> Unfortunately most of the ITP owners failed to even register on salsa, nor have 
> we prepared team uploads.
> You can track the WIP here:
> https://salsa.debian.org/js-team/current_itps/boards?label_name[]=NEW-alioth
> (BTW, they are 114 there so 5 are missing)
> 
> Currently only node-ansicolors and node-classnames are in the RFC (request
> for comments) column i.e. almost ready for sponsoring.
> 
> My proposal is to ask ftp-master to reject them all.
> This is fair to them and will clean up the queue.

I don't think changing vcs url is worth a reject.

> After that, we have all the time in the universe to reassign ITPs,
> prepare team uploads etc.
> 
> Paolo
> 


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