Bug#1140218: ITS: fig2sxd

[Andreas Tille]

Source: fig2sxd
Version: 0.23-1
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: 1044609 at bugs.debian.org, 1118128 at bugs.debian.org, 1119415 at bugs.debian.org, Debian PhotoTools Maintainers <pkg-phototools-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org>, Package Salvaging Team <team+salvage at tracker.debian.org>

Hi,

I would be interested in helping with fig2sxd, following the Package
Salvaging procedure outlined in the Developers Reference[1]. From what I
see, the package seems to meet the criteria for this process, and I'd
like to support keeping it maintained in Debian. As the Salvage process
suggests, here is a list of the criteria that I believe apply:

  - Bugs filed against the package do not have answers from the
    maintainer.
  - There are QA issues with the package.

I believe the package would be fit into the Phototools team, and I
took the liberty to create the Salsa repository here[2]. If you choose
not to accept the ITS, I'd be more than happy to help you move it to
another location, such as debian/, or wherever you prefer. My goal is to
make it as easy as possible for you to join the team. I'd also be
delighted to assist in adding you as a team member if you could share
your Salsa login.

I noticed that you are upstream of this software and maintained the
Debian packaging inside the upstream repository.  It has turned out that
this might be not an optimal way to connect to the Debian community.
Thus my offer to migrate the packaging to Salsa, which simplifies access
of Debian developers regarding sponsoring your package, run Salsa CI as
a QA means etc.  I hope you like this - if not feel free to merge my
changes fixing the open bugs, specifically the patch for the Makefile
which you might like to take over to your upstream code.

Kind regards
    Andreas.

[1] https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.en.html#package-salvaging
[2] https://salsa.debian.org/debian-phototools-team/fig2sxd
[3] https://salsa.debian.org/debian-phototools-team/fig2sxd/-/blob/master/debian/patches/buildflags.patch?ref_type=heads


-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (501, 'testing'), (50, 'buildd-unstable'), (50, 'unstable'), (5, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 7.0.9+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled