Re: Moving some orphaned packages

From	Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.maint.java
Subject	Re: Moving some orphaned packages
Date	2026-01-07 12:00 +0100
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Le 02/01/2026 à 13:21, Santiago Vila a écrit :
> Hello.
> 
> 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.

Emmanuel Bourg

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Moving some orphaned packages Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2026-01-02 13:30 +0100
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    Re: Moving some orphaned packages Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2026-01-07 12:40 +0100

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