Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Scott Kitterman Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: Maintenance of gtts (python3-gtts) Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2023 16:00:01 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: debian-python@lists.debian.org X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Mon Aug 7 13:51:35 2023 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-13.51 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[ATTENDEES_DBSPAM_BODY6=1, BAYES_00=-2, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, PGPSIGNATURE=-5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -5.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart3551646.kZ8LDcTmkz"; micalg="pgp-sha512"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/21022 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/2894794.pJl42SrtqQ@localhost Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 93 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2023 09:50:28 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <2894794.pJl42SrtqQ@localhost> X-Original-References: <3060640.63yn0ooqqQ@localhost> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:15103 --nextPart3551646.kZ8LDcTmkz Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; protected-headers="v1" From: Scott Kitterman To: debian-python@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Maintenance of gtts (python3-gtts) Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2023 09:50:28 -0400 Message-ID: <2894794.pJl42SrtqQ@localhost> In-Reply-To: References: <3060640.63yn0ooqqQ@localhost> Given the (lack of) maintenance on the package, I am pretty confident we don't have anyone in Debian that really knows it (I am willing to be pleasantly surprised). The gtts upload I did migrated to Testing last night, so I'll leave the rest of it to you. Thanks, Scott K On Monday, August 7, 2023 9:27:05 AM EDT Emmanuel Arias wrote: > Hello Scott, > > I don't use it, but seems an interested project. I can work on it, but > it would be great if you have a maintainer that already know the project. > > Cheers, > Emmanuel > > On Sun, Aug 06, 2023 at 05:23:53PM -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote: > > The gtts package is, at least nominally, maintained by the Debian Python > > Team, but has no human uploader. As a practical matter, I think someone > > should either adopt it (add themselves to uploaders) or we should > > formally orphan the package so we aren't pretending. > > > > It has two rdepends: > > > > Reverse-Depends > > =============== > > * dialect [amd64 arm64 armel armhf i386 mips64el mipsel ppc64el] > > * mnemosyne > > > > I personally track mnemosyne, even though it's not team maintained, > > because i have an interest in the package. I noticed it was going to be > > removed from Testing because of a FTBFS bug in gtts, so I fixed gtts by > > updating it to the current upstream release. Looking at the upload > > history, it's been this way for awhile. > > > > One consequence of it not being actually maintained is that we released > > bookworm with a non-functional gtts package (see #1030290). If anyone had > > been paying attention to the package, they would have noticed that should > > have been an RC bug (it is now) and it would have either been fixed or > > removed. > > > > The package is now in not awful shape in Unstable (and barring surprises > > Testing later today), but it could still use some work. The major > > immediate task for a potential maintainer would be working with the > > Stable Release Managers to get bookworm fixed. > > > > If you're interested in the package and wiling to watch over it, please > > let me know via email. If I don't hear back, I'll assume no one is > > interested and orphan it in a week or two. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Scott K --nextPart3551646.kZ8LDcTmkz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEE53Kb/76FQA/u7iOxeNfe+5rVmvEFAmTQ9qQACgkQeNfe+5rV mvE+CxAAjdcirgPaqJo8H3L8Wuv9joWzW0tcYfBP6MlhDDG/ECIz/9lyxtguXiRj /KAzwxlxa2e1odcCUe+ZRHdo+P30zPXLiTB9OQJ4cH37LgItT/neNQv7L2EKtWa4 cjg81RrL1vw7hpNWL/xdFXIg2XsXYu7OTlpoAhiqTftfcwIg90svDeo5VPm+nL+0 dFBf/Haq9f3fmICEF+x853Guo3o6k8lHMRR3HlqSVDcB+DQirxdr2Bo3VVDf/lAr 0TiZZFLbSq0hjhpOQCJShdu2m0QQLRZQviES8srlqPKZlLvDo9esIAwQIVscumR7 5/gGNlMxUKq7r4hjc96/d64QN+XJYB3ls/foOcFSnMUFhpcjQoXo0M0g2in8eBpO mf1yPb2on9Rwvg++KsVugywPtb57dyqqM925IIAaWJdzMDpX6aBNK88/CjWVPif/ FedZQJjgvZu+ZuDPOo5lLTnsVZT2/fwQmNjCvEhcpWDx/8HBUJKI2d6lgPwHd6rD NFTAH4gYKW0yBfohTQ15ah/kCsnnbICgif3OARvy/CShYG5UtpfVxvth39Lt3jOD gfjdyXVm2YH5mDzZTrBYYCD4fjByy7MpmyVP1zZDx4aazt2IhNxy+69VRhTP3lIb PHZ1OBmzkw5B/lBapvitfpNOoUErhwTv0yKqQ9C/eYzJqq4mzfM= =JDWn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3551646.kZ8LDcTmkz--