#1088329 ITS: btrfs-progs

Package:
btrfs-progs
Source:
btrfs-progs
Description:
Checksumming Copy on Write Filesystem utilities
Submitter:
Nicholas D Steeves
Date:
2024-11-27 01:39:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1088329#5
Date:
2024-11-27 01:35:59 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Adam,

I'm filing this intent to salvage because it's unfortunately becoming clear that btrfs-progs would benefit from official collaborative maintenance.  You can read about package salvaging here:

https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.en.html#package-salvaging

The conservative criteria:

  * All activity in the last six months has been NMUs or rebuilds.
    (Yes, I also checked the new git.sr.ht remote)
  * Two NMUs have occured and neither have been acknowledged.
  * It has been almost one year since the last maintainer upload.
  * The Debian package is behind by 10 upstream releases.

Meanwhile we're once again in upstream (linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org)'s bad books for failing to provide an adequately recent btrfs-progs release.  (subject: "corrupt leaf, invalid data ref objectid value, read time tree block corruption detected")

My concern is for our users (and reputation) during Trixie's stable lifecycle, this is not a hijack, and I intend to retain you as an Uploader.  My hope is that you will resume contact and maintenance of this package.

Best,
Nicholas