Bug#1117692: ITS: libwiki-toolkit-plugin-ping-perl

[Dominic Hargreaves]

I'm pleased to receive the contributions, and I will incorporate them
when able.

Best
Dominic

On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 11:37:33AM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi Dominic,
> 
> I understood you do not want this package be maintained in the Perl
> team.  Should I close this ITS or should it remain open as some
> remainder that you can cherry-pick from
> 
>    https://salsa.debian.org/perl-team/modules/packages/libwiki-toolkit-plugin-ping-perl
> 
> Please let me know when I should remove this repository once you
> uploaded to avoid any confusion.
> 
> Kind regards
>     Andreas.
> 
> Am Fri, Oct 10, 2025 at 05:19:13PM +0200 schrieb Andreas Tille:
> > Hi Dominic,
> > 
> > Thanks for getting back to me and explaining your reasoning. I
> > understand your concern about not wanting to burden the pkg-perl team
> > with niche packages.
> > 
> > Am Thu, Oct 09, 2025 at 11:32:24PM +0100 schrieb Dominic Hargreaves:
> > > 
> > > Hi, I'm a member of pkg-perl
> > 
> > I know this and naively assumed you had some time constraints I could
> > help out.
> > 
> > > but I specifically didn't add these
> > > (libwiki-toolkit-* and a few others, rdepends only of openguides AFAIK)
> > > to the perl team as they are very niche and only of interest to a tiny
> > > number of users. So I don't think they are worth bothering pkg-perl with.
> > 
> > However, I'd like to suggest that handling "niche" Perl modules is
> > precisely what the pkg-perl team is designed for. The automated team
> > workflows actually make maintaining such packages less burdensome, as
> > they help ensure consistent standards and catch issues (like outdated
> > Vcs fields) across all packages, regardless of their user base.
> >  
> > > I will of course address substantive issues with the package but so far
> > > I see only one minor severity issue that failed to get any consensus on
> > > relevance after two years, so I don't think that's a clear signal.
> > 
> > For instance, I noticed that libwiki-toolkit's Vcs fields still point to
> > Alioth. Keeping these fields accurate is one of the things the team
> > automation helps with. Moving it to the team would resolve this and
> > similar issues automatically in the future, ensuring the package stays
> > clean with less manual effort from any single maintainer.
> > 
> > The merge request I prepared is ready to go and would handle this
> > transition seamlessly. I am happy to upload it on the team's behalf or
> > adapt it for your personal repository if you prefer. This would be a
> > one-time action for a long-term maintenance benefit.
> > 
> > Would you be willing to give this a try with the libwiki-toolkit
> > package?
> > 
> > Kind regards
> >    Andreas.
> > 
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