[Pkg-mpd-maintainers] Bug#808824: Processed: Re: Bug#808824: python-mpd: homepage 404, package fork?

[Geoff]

Hi Simon,

First, sorry for my late answer.

Here is the review I've done so far concerning a potential migration 
python-mpd2.

Le 25/04/2016 08:21, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> Processing control commands:
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>> retitle 808824 please consider switching to python-mpd2 for upstream maintenance and Python 3 support
> Bug #808824 [python-mpd] python-mpd: homepage 404, package fork?
> Changed Bug title to 'please consider switching to python-mpd2 for upstream maintenance and Python 3 support' from 'python-mpd: homepage 404, package fork?'.


python-mpd is now abandoned and unmaintained for sure.

The "de facto" official fork is indeed python-mpd2.

There are currently in testing 3 packages still depending on python-mpd:

     aptitude search ~Dpython-mpd

     fookebox - web-based jukebox frontend to mpd
     mpdris2  - media player interface (MPRIS2) bridge for MPD
     sonata   - Client GTK+ pour le démon de lecture musical (MPD)

I did contact mpdris2 about python-mpd2 transition and the maintainer 
informed me the project was already running fine with it.

sonata is probably dead, there is an active fork though which is already 
using python-mpd2 [1].

Concerning fookebox I never used it or contacted the maintainer, the 
project has probably moved to github as well [2].

I already started packaging python-mpd2 [3], not up to date though.

The only blocker would be fookebox once sonata released a stable version.

I'm currently not available to move forward on this.
I may update my python-mpd2 package in the mean time, but I will not be 
able to fully resume my debian activities until September 2016.
I'm aware of the freeze starting in November/January, but I cannot 
assure I will manage to work on it in time.

Anyone willing to step in is welcome, In the mean time I'll try to do 
the best I can to help to move forward on this.

[0] https://github.com/eonpatapon/mpDris2/issues/59
[1] https://github.com/multani/sonata
[2] https://github.com/cockroach/fookebox/
[3] http://git.kaliko.me/?p=python-mpd2-debian.git


Cheers,
Geoff