Hi,

This is an attempt to introduce a new procedure, which I propose to call
Intend To Orphan. While we have an established process for making minimal,
fine-grained changes to a package, it does not cover broader
improvements such as migrating to Salsa, updating the Standards-Version,
or adjusting the debhelper compatibility level. However, some packages
could benefit from more extensive changes, and this procedure aims to
provide a structured way to implement them. Unlike the well-established
Package Salvage procedure[1] which requires an active Uploader, the goal
here is to allow collaborative work on a package on Salsa, even if no
active uploader expresses interest in maintaining it.

Op 22-07-2025 om 14:24 schreef Andreas Tille:

I would like to go along with most of the proposed changes, but the
package is, in fact, still under maintenance even if we've been a bit
quiet of late.

The move to salsa for maintenance is very welcome in particular and I
appreciate the updates that have been done to bring the packaging up to
date.

We will be bringing out an updated version soon to address the GCC-15 bug.

One thing to mention is that this package has very few uses left; it is,
as far as we know, only a build dependency for
lcas-lcmaps-gt4-interface. But this could change if we repackage the
latter without LCAS support. At that moment LCAS would be free to be
removed.

Hi Dennis,

thanks you for your quick and helpful response.

Am Wed, Jul 23, 2025 at 04:58:36PM +0200 schrieb Dennis van Dok:

That's perfectly fine.  I reverted the change of Maintainer/Uploader in
Git[1] to reflect that you intend to maintain the package in future.

Thank you for confirming this.  Would you mind if I upload the current
status in Git on behalf of the Debian/ team (that means any DD is part
of the team and can do team uploads).  This is implicitly said by pointing
the Vcs fields to the Debian group on Salsa (as former collab-maint on
Alioth).

Feel free to apply the patch if you consider it appropriate.

Thank you for this information.

Kind regards and sorry in case the "Intend to Orphan" procedure might
have caused any bad feelings at your side

    Andreas.


[1] https://salsa.debian.org/debian/lcas/-/commit/4ee36ddfebe1f5f2225e4c20dc07580b1757e1bb
[2] https://salsa.debian.org/debian/lcas/-/blob/master/debian/patches/gcc-15.patch?ref_type=heads

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
lcas, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1109718@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Dennis van Dok <dennisvd@nikhef.nl> (supplier of updated lcas package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:19:07 +0200
Source: lcas
Architecture: source
Version: 1.3.20-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Dennis van Dok <dennisvd@nikhef.nl>
Changed-By: Dennis van Dok <dennisvd@nikhef.nl>
Closes: 1097153 1109718
Changes:
 lcas (1.3.20-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * New upstream release
   * Update to be C23 compliant for gcc-15 (Closes: #1097153)
   * Closes: #1109718 intent to orphan.
 .
   [ Andreas Tille ]
 .
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   * Fix lintian-override
   * d/copyright: DEP5
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Op 25-07-2025 om 16:27 schreef Andreas Tille:

I've already uploaded a new version, based on salsa; I've forked it to
my own space though. I have kept most of the notes in the changelog for
correct attribution. I hope that does it justice.

It proved a good basis for the improvements ;-)

No bad feelings, I'm happy with the improvements. Thank you very much!

Hi Dennis,

Am Fri, Jul 25, 2025 at 05:01:32PM +0200 schrieb Dennis van Dok:

That's perfectly fine and I'll ask for removal of the repository in the
Debian team.  The only thing is that we should not upload under freeze
policy.  Anyway, I think your upload is harmless.  Thank you for
catching up.

:-)

You are perfectly welcome and thanks a lot for catching up

    Andreas.