Dear Hakan, On 2023-01-04 11:20 Hakan Bayındır <hakan@bayindir.org> wrote:
BTW, I've just read the Debian bug report. Does the Debian package have a maintainer or somebody should file an ITP (Intention to Package) for that and step-up as a maintainer for the package?
Thanks for asking back. An ITP and "step-up as a maintainer" are very different things in Debian. The Debianoids love their rules. :D No there is no need currently. And it is IMHO organizational and technical impossible for debian-unexperienced person preparing a package in that short time we have. I tried this in the past with much easier packages than BIT; and failed. I'm in contact with Fabio Fantoni [1] who is not officially connected to the Debian package but who did the last upload of Back In Time 1.3.2-0.1 [2]. Fabio is also an experienced Debian Maintainer for other packages. He is aware of the importance of the release because of the rsync-bug and try to test and prepare a package before the Debian freeze. He didn't promise but I'm optimistic. The official maintainer [3] for Back In Time didn't answer my mails about the new release. I'm sure he is quite busy with other packages in context of the near Debian Freeze. I was in contact with him in the past. The official uploader [4] respond to me but was clear about that he won't find the time to prepare a new package before the Debian Freeze. After the release process is done I will contact the Debian Python Team (DPT) [5] and discuss the situation. I assume it is best that the Team will take over the official maintainer ship. Then we have time and support to try and learn doing the packing our own. The time is important also to build trust in the Debian Team. Kind Christian [1] -- <https://udd.debian.org/dmd/?fantonifabio%40tiscali.it> [2] -- <https://tracker.debian.org/news/1320800/accepted-backintime-132-01-source-in...> [3] -- <https://udd.debian.org/dmd/?jmw%40debian.org> [4] -- <https://udd.debian.org/dmd/?fabi.wolff%40arcor.de> [5] -- <https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/PythonTeam>