Re: How does a package become orphaned? (was Re: Attn maintainer: python-paramiko)

[Libor Ukropec <ace@seznam.cz>]

Dne 02.12.2022 v 9:20 Marco Atzeri napsal(a):
> On 01.12.2022 21:18, Libor Ukropec wrote:
>> Dne 01.12.2022 v 20:41 Jon Turney napsal(a):
>>> On 17/11/2022 10:24, Libor Ukropec wrote:
>>>> Dne 16.11.2022 v 12:52 Thomas Wolff napsal(a):
>>>>>
>>>>>> What I do not want to do is the violent take over, so I gave some time to the 
>>>>>> original owner of the python-paramiko to respond. I created a bug on  github.com 
>>>>>> almost 2 weeks ago and so far no reaction: 
>>>>>> https://github.com/wildmichael/cygwin/issues/1
>>>>> As a general comment, I'd like to point out that "almost 2 weeks" is even less than 
>>>>> someone's holiday time may be...
>>>>
>>>> See above in the thread - author did not react here on cygwin for months. What I did, 
>>>> I've found the author on GitHub and contacted him there as well.
>>>>
>>>>  >>Jon Turney: It's undefined how many times we should ping, or how long we should 
>>>> wait for a response, but I think that the ~10 months that's elapsed here is more than 
>>>> enough!
>>>
>>> Yeah, 10 months is not 2 weeks.
>>>
>>> Libor, I've given you maintainer-ship of python-paramiko.
>>
>> Jon,
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>> I did not ask for it officially yet (quite busy and had issues with duplicity that 
>> depends on the paramiko itself, so I intentionally waited if something happens).
>>
>>  >
>>  > If that's not what the desired outcome here, please let me know.
>>
>> I wanted that.
>>
>>>
>>> Sorry for taking so long over this.
>>>
>>> I guess somebody should ping Michael Wild to ask about the rest of his packages.
>> I already did that 29 days ago, no response yet
>> https://github.com/wildmichael/cygwin/issues/1
>>
>> The paramiko depends on python-bcrypt and python-nacl so I'd like to ask for their 
>> ownership too, otherwise the ownership for paramiko does not make sense.
>>
>> If Michael Wild by any chance responds and still would like to maintain those packages, 
>> I'll be happy to return them :)
>>
> 
> you can ITA  python-nacl
> 
> there is little to do for python-bcrypt as newer versions require rust and we have no 
> compiler for it.

Yes, I learned that 3.2.0 is the last we can support in Cygwin.
I didn't notice that bcrypt is also for Python 3.9 (becuase nacl wasn't and all was in 
paramiko repository). In this case, I'm unblocked.

Regards,
Libor

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