Path: csiph.com!news.neodome.net!fu-berlin.de!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Santiago Vila Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.java Subject: Re: Moving some orphaned packages Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2026 12:40:01 +0100 Message-ID: References: X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-java-request@lists.debian.org Wed Jan 7 11:34:00 2026 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-109.51 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY=0.001, USER_IN_DKIM_WELCOMELIST=-0.01, USER_IN_DKIM_WHITELIST=-100] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Debian-User: sanvila X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/23861 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/aV5ElaVnddoq5EOU@nuc Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 22 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Cc: debian-java@lists.debian.org X-Original-Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 12:33:41 +0100 X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-References: <18b97f81-0667-74d3-938e-2bcf68048673@apache.org> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.java:13117 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.