[Pkg-nginx-maintainers] Concerns about NGINX in Debian

[Thomas Ward]

I don't wish to be a nag or anything, however I have some grave concerns 
with how the NGINX package is being handled in Debian.

Not only did it take *months* to address the Lua bug that broke the 
package and threatened to remove the packaging in Testing, the 
subsequent FTBFS that blocks the -8 upgrade went ignored for 14 days 
before I went checking, and subsequently filed [1] has been unignored 
for ~18 days according to the tracker.

I know that Debian nginx team is busy, however this is one of those 
packages that should PROBABLY not drop off of your radars.

The last time that the package had issues that went unaddressed for 
months, I was highly tempted to go the Package Salvage route, and then 
subsequently involve the MIA team because this package is used by so 
many and needs to be maintained - not just because downstream users in 
Ubuntu like it, but because nginx has a SUBSTANTIAL share of the httpd 
servers being used right now live.

Is there anything I can do to assist you in the process of keeping an 
eye on NGINX?  Is there anything that you need to keep maintaining this 
given that it seems that the actual NGINX team is extraordinarily 
*small* and potentially unable to maintain the package to the standards 
it needs?


Thomas
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