Version 0.35.2-2 of guitarix is marked for autoremoval from testing on 2017-07-30.

[Ross Gammon]

Hi Hermann,

On 03/08/17 20:54, Hermann Meyer wrote:
> Am 22.07.2017 um 06:34 schrieb Hermann Meyer:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> It is affected by RC bug #866641 <https://bugs.debian.org/866641>.
>>
>> Please consider to update guitarix to the latest version 0.35.5, which
>> fix this "bug".
>>

Thanks for being so fast to deal with this bug.


> Really, no one?
> 
> It's a pity to see guitarix in debian in such a bad shape. I've tried to
> contact Víctor Cuadrado Juan, who is the current maintainer from the
> (Debian Multimedia Maintainers
> <https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>)
> team, for guitarix in debian, but get no response.


Please be a little patient. Victor maybe on holiday, travelling with
work, ill, or have a broken computer. The bug was only reported just
over a month ago, and that is not so long.

> 
> For me , as upstream maintainer, the current situation is a real pity.
> Guitarix is in debian since 2013 05 05 and I'm, as upstream maintainer
> have all the time full-fill any request of debian maintainers.
> Next removal is date is  2017-08-13.
> Seeing that it is for a "bug" witch is currently unrelated for
> debian-testing, is a way more annoying.
> 

Guitarix is not being removed from Debian, only from unstable, which is
not what most users are running.

> Are the debian multimedia maintainers been in such a bad shape to let it
> go and leaf me, as upstream maintainer alone?
> 
> regards
> hermann

I was considering looking after Guitarix before Victor stepped in. If I
find some time over the next few weeks, and noone else has stepped in
(maybe Victor?), I will see if I can help out.

-- 
Regards,

Ross Gammon