[Python-modules-team] Bug#964718: ITS: python-invoke

[Antoine Beaupre]

Package: python3-invoke
Severity: important

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Hi Python Modules People (and Fabric maintainer)!

It seems that the python-invoke package is not very well maintained by
the Openstack team anymore. They used to require it as a dependency,
but do not anymore, which explains the lag. They do not have the
interest or capacity to keep on maintaining it and the current
maintainer(s) agree that the package should be moved out of the
openstack umbrella.

I can think of two options:

 1. the invoke package is moved to team maintenance, under the DPMT
    umbrella

 2. the current Fabric maintainer (asb, in CC), takes over the invoke
    package, since the two are so close to each other...

It can be a combination of those two, ie. the invoke package could move
under to DPMT and asb could be uploader, for example...

I am also volunteering to be an uploader, but would probably also put
the package under DPMT... I have already uploaded a NMU+10 for the 1.4.1
release, yesterday, along with a backport of 1.3.0 to buster... And for
the record, I plan to also backport Fabric when the latter lands.

I should also mention that zigo, the current invoke maintainer, is the
one who suggested to move to DPMT and agrees with this salvage
operation. So I guess we have already passed the 5.12.2 bar in that
the salvage operation is approve. We just need to figure out who will
carry this package forward from here on.

Thanks!
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