Re: Debian + KDbg: Ready-made package resurrection — can you take over?

[Sebastian Pipping]

(Re-sending to everyone as suggested by Hefee, unmodified)


Hi Hefee, thanks for your reply!


I know from a more distant past that Debian packaging standards are very 
high and that doing it right can require a lot of reading and 
commitment.  I'm dancing at too many parties already including libexpat 
upstream and 60+ packages in Gentoo where I did bump KDbg packaging to 
3.1.0 already [1] as an approved non-maintainer upload [2] — the package 
is owned by the KDE team in Gentoo.  I cannot take the duty of keeping 
this package up to date in Debian also, I'm a happy user of Debian on my 
work notebook but I'm a visitor in Debian, my home is elsewhere.

I repaired KDbg Debian packaging because I felt it mattered a great deal 
to be back in Debian and keep users away from starting to install .deb 
files manually for security, to not effectively teach them that was okay 
and normal and secure; I helped KDbg upstream with two bugs and 
introduced CI and I'm happy I did that as a fun short-term side project, 
but I will need to retreat to where I came from.  That is why I am 
looking for someone to take over this low-cost and low-maintenance 
Debian package from here.  I am happy to help with a smooth handover as 
needed but I cannot commit to duties in Debian after handover.  Thanks 
for your understanding.

PS: I'll be attending 37c3 in case a face-to-face on the topic with you 
or another member can help in some way.

PPS: Neither your nor my reply went through 
pkg-kde-talk at lists.alioth.debian.org . Should we do anything to let the 
other team members know that and what we spoke?

Best



Sebastian


[1] 
https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/commit/5b6302044ee07040b4c3f9c183eb7e1118bb34ab
[2] https://bugs.gentoo.org/919130#c1