[pkg-php-pear] Bug#1093489: Useless in Debian

[Andreas Tille]

Hi David,

Am Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 07:16:16AM +0100 schrieb David Prévot:
> Hi Andreas,
> 
> On 27/02/2025 16:41, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > Ping?
> > 
> > Am Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 07:29:27PM +0100 schrieb Andreas Tille:
> > > Hi David,
> > > 
> > > I appreciate your attempt to clean up the set of PHP packages.  I just
> > > wonder in this specific case whether the new version released less than
> > > one year ago:
> > > 
> > >    Current Release
> > >    1.1.4 (stable) was released on 2024-03-10 by ashnazg
> > > 
> > > qualifies as '“This package is not maintained” [upstream]'.
> 
> This is a direct quote from [upstream].
> 
> 	upstream: https://pear.php.net/package/Net_IMAP
> 
> I’m not in favor of maintaining a package useless in Debian, especially
> without an upstream maintainer.

Ups, sorry, I did not parsed the highlighted line on that page...

Yes, so lets remove it.  My failure to simply compare version numbers
and dates.

> Seems like your request comes from a “salvaging team”. I’m only familiar
> with the salvaging process, and I fail to understand how an already team
> maintain package is eligible to a salvaging process outside of that team.

The salvaging team is in CC for the only reason that the package came up
as a Bug of the Day candidate.  We *also* care for RoQA bugs if we see
a package does not make any sense.

> Can you please clarify how this package is useful to you, how you intend to
> maintain this package during the next stable release life time, and if you
> intend to join the appropriate team for this package in order to maintain
> it?

Not at all.  Its just in some unclear status.  If it is useless we
volunteer to file RoQA bugs.  I simply wanted to backup your statement
since if ftpmaster realises there is a statement "not maintained" and
next to it a release from 2024 they feel their time wasted.  I realised
I should have read that page from top.  Sorry about wasting your time.

> [ snip ]

Dear David, I regret to have stolen so much time of yours to write a
long text with content that is absolutely clear to me.  Sorry for the
misunderstanding.  I'll file a RoQA bug immediately.

One $DRINK in Brest goes on me.  Please approach me there and sorry again
    Andreas. 

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