pkg-sysvinit-devel mailing list, proposed closure/replacement

[Ian Jackson]

Right, let me try this again.

KatolaZ writes ("A fresh start (request for comments)"):
> as promised, I gave another go at a fresh repo tu bump sysvinit to
> 2.91. For the moment you find the repo at:
>   https://salsa.debian.org/KatolaZ-guest/sysvinit-new.git

Thanks.

I am CCing the list pkg-sysvinit-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org which
is currently listed as Maintainer for sysvinit in Debian.  I think we
need to sort out our mailing lists and our repos.

As for the mailing lists, lists.alioth.debian.org is a transitional
arrangement following the closure of alioth.  It won't last
indefinitely and so it should be replaced.

For primarily social reasons we have created a new list
debian-init-diversity at chiark.greenend.org.uk and I think that would
make a good replacement.  I therefore propose that we close
pkg-sysvinit-devel and change the Maintainer field to point to
debian-init-diversity.

I don't think we should move across all the subscribers, since the
d-i-d list is operated by a different entity (to wit, me and Matthew)
and has a wider scope.

Does that make sense to everyone ?

> Comments are welcome. If we are happy with this version, I will merge
> it into the Debian/sysvinit repo (getting rid of the previous work of
> mine), and we could risk a build for Debian/experimental.

> I noticed that Dmitry has built a new 2.88dsf-60 for experimental,
> mainly to fix some lintian warnings I guess. Will liaise with him to
> incoroporate the relevant changes.

We must be sure to include all of Dmitry's work in any upload.  We
should also fix the Uploaders to include all of Dmitry and Benda and
me.

Regards,
Ian.