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

[Mattia Rizzolo]

(incidentally, doesn't js have a list on @l.d.o already?)

On Fri, Jun 01, 2018 at 07:38:46AM +0200, Paolo Greppi wrote:
> Hi as you know, since yesterday alioth is dead.

finally.

> 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/...
> 
> As mentioned here:
> https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/pkg-javascript-devel/2018-May/026296.html
> this work has been planned for a while.
> 
> My proposal is to ask ftp-master to reject them all.
> This is fair to them and will clean up the queue.
> After that, we have all the time in the universe to reassign ITPs,
> prepare team uploads etc.

1) we could have redirects added to https://salsa.debian.org/salsa/AliothRewriter/
   And there already is a long list (1150 lines) for pkg-js' packages.
   If any are missing they could/should be added.  This would amke the
   Vcs-* fields still perfectly valid.  The very goal of that thing is
   to avoid having to do thousands of uploads only changing Vcs-*.
2) if really wanted, the packages could be updated while still being in
   NEW: just upload a newever version, then they will both be accepted
   at the same time whenever they will be processed.

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