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Re: Moving some orphaned packages

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On Wed, Jan 07, 2026 at 11:48:12AM +0100, Emmanuel Bourg wrote:
> Le 02/01/2026 à 13:21, Santiago Vila a écrit :
> > I've recently made QA uploads for the following two orphaned packages:
> > 
> > closure-compiler
> > tuxguitar
> > 
> > Because lintian flagged this as "orphaned-package-maintained-in-private-space"
> > which is an anomaly, and the packages were orphaned a long time ago,
> > I decided to change the Vcs fields so that they point to the "debian" namespace.
> 
> The java-team group isn't a private space, it's a shared space for Java
> based packages. I don't think orphaned Java packages should go to the
> generic 'debian' group.

I think the idea of the lintian tag is that one should not have to
join any team to be able to do a QA upload, and that's precisely why I
moved the package. If you think this is not ok, despite the lintian tag,
feel free to change the Vcs fields again in the next upload, but I think
it would be better to have the lintian tag clarified first.

Thanks.

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Moving some orphaned packages Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2026-01-02 13:30 +0100
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