Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Sandro Tosi Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Plan to upload all packages still using Alioth in Maintainer/Uploaders Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2021 04:30:01 +0200 Message-ID: X-Original-To: debian-python X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Sat Aug 14 02:26:04 2021 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.502 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN=0.249, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: NOT_IN_SBL_XBL_SPAMHAUS=-1.5 CL_IP_EQ_HELO_IP=-2 (check from: .gmail. - helo: .mail-yb1-f180.google. - helo-domain: .google.) FROM/MX_MATCHES_HELO(DOMAIN)=-2; rate: -5.5 X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533e4Bdf1fSeEVzEJli7w4RKZgebOnFt45WCI+hkGbn8uu5Fp50C tWy1c7Wp5owgoAKF7kZSZOrhBMvPo0Jf2A6783Zq2hfj4FW1PA== X-Google-SMTP-Source: ABdhPJz6znmITYUb5HFYrw5EU+rFlZ1L/3HvM1v96RL4nr+ZslO1QoSEUuJVTA38wOjyCvgPcHuNA++3ceB+aKQ5K80= X-Received: by 2002:a25:bb08:: with SMTP id z8mr7071560ybg.306.1628907947464; Fri, 13 Aug 2021 19:25:47 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/19260 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/CAB4XWXwSNUKcaPapmF1AJ_78=CNXAut4yx1Hdyud8hmYMJyFGg@mail.gmail.com Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 34 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2021 22:25:21 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:13468 Hello, a long time ago, we decided to stop using Alioth for the team email address in Maintainer/Uploaders fields, and onovy mass-committed this change to our repo; several of our packages (736, according to [1]) are still using Alioth. [1] https://lintian.debian.org/tags/python-teams-merged Alioth is no longer maintained (or at the very least, our 2 mailing lists), and the amount of spam received through it is way too high to be sustainable. After the upcoming release of bullseye, I plan to start uploading all packages that currently use Alioth to migrate them to Tracker (along with the other pending changes in the git repos). I understand it's possible an upload exists in experimental that fixes it, so i'll try and check for that; it's also likely that if a package is still using Alioth, their maintainer is longer interested in the package, but i dont think now it's the time for a mass purge. I also understand some of these packages will have the team as Uploaders and, according to our Policy, i should contact the physical person doing the upload beforehand, but i think that would slow down this process and i'm ready to deal with the consequences of not following the Policy to the letter. Please let me know if you prefer me to act differently. Regards, -- Sandro "morph" Tosi My website: http://sandrotosi.me/ Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi Twitter: https://twitter.com/sandrotosi