Not sure how my MUA missed adding Axel in the reply. Adding now. On Sun, Apr 21, 2024 at 06:33:15PM +0530, Nilesh Patra wrote: > On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 06:28:50PM +0200, Axel Beckert wrote: > > Nilesh Patra wrote: > > > I wanted to know what the current situation of lintian maintenance > > > is. > > > > Now that policy 4.7.0 is out we (really) should get a release done > > soon. > > There's an MR https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/merge_requests/498 for > this (4.7.0 policy addition change). Do you think you could review/merge this? > > I also assigned you to one MR I raised which should be not complicated to review > if you have the time https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/merge_requests/499 > > The next one will be MR#500 in lintian! \o/ > > > The other reason is as you already mentioned … > > > > > Currently there's an RC bug #1066261 against it > > > > … this (and #1065431). Thanks for merging that one! > > > > > and I am unsure as to what should be done (release now, later, > > > what?). > > > > "Soon". I plan to do a release within the next 10 days. Probably won't > > have time before Saturday, though. > > I noticed that dpkg is stalled from testing migration due to lintian's failing > tests https://qa.debian.org/excuses.php?package=dpkg > > This is stopping the entire world to migrate :o > > Please do consider to make the new release when you get some spare amounts of > time. > > > > I've been reviewing and merging some MRs on the repo for a few > > > months, but other than that I have not witnessed much activity. > > > > Done that, too, for a few MRs, but probably for fewer than you did. > > > > > So here's the question: How is the maintenance status? > > > > A bit better than last year from my point of view, but it obviously > > could be better. I still only find time for Lintian every other month > > or so — nevertheless I seem the only one who dares to do a release. > > (Which makes me kinda feel honored, but it actually is a really bad > > bus-factor. 😐) > > True 😓 However thanks for your continued work on lintian! > > Best, > Nilesh Best, Nilesh
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