Hi,

the watch file for this package is not working (any more since Github changed
their API a couple of years ago).  I'm attaching a working watch file (using
watch file format 5).

If you agree I would volunteer to prepare a NMU for this package by using a
Git repository in Debian team on Salsa.

Kind regards
     Andreas.

Thanks; yes, go ahead with the NMU. (Keep me posted on how it works, please, I've never done one and would like to know!)

Hi David,

wow, that was a quick response!  Thanks a lot for your great
cooperation.

Am Mon, Jul 20, 2026 at 03:26:07PM +0200 schrieb David Given:

I have created

https://salsa.debian.org/debian/ufiformat

which includes the patch for the watch file and the result of

    lintian-brush

which fixes some lintian issues for you.  Having a package on Salsa has
several advantages, for instance you can have CI like this

https://salsa.debian.org/debian/ufiformat/-/pipelines/1133041


I have not found you on Salsa.  If you have some login there please tell
me the login name to grant you permissions on this repository.  If not
please create a login.  For SPAM protection means this is a manual
process which might last 24-48h or so.  Please let me know once this is
done.

Regarding NMUs you might like to read

https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.html#non-maintainer-uploads-nmus

However, NMUs are appropriate in case the maintainer is not able to
respond for whatever reason.  It somehow feels wrong if you answer that
promptly.  I rather wonder whether you might be open for maintenance
in the Debian Commons team as suggested here:

https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2026/05/msg00105.html

If you agree to this I can easily do a team upload.  This would be my
prefered solution since it is the easiest way of collaboration.

If you like this I can happily do the same for wordgrinder and see
what I can do for the open RC bug.

Thanks again for your quick response
    Andreas.

Hello,

The issue is that I touch Debian stuff so rarely that I have to relearn how it all works each time, and of course the state of the art with packaging keeps moving on --- my packages were always built locally with debuild and cowbuilder and then uploaded to mentors.debian.org, which I know is not the way to do it now.

For something like ufiformat where there are no upstream releases, I agree that Debian Commons sounds like an excellent idea --- the only issues will be occasionally updating stuff as the standards change. If you're willing to get it set up on salsa and do the configuration, that'd be fantastic. I've registered but as you said I'll have to wait for the approval.

Re wordgrinder: I wasn't able to get to the rc bug in time and I believe it's been removed from testing? In addition there's a new 0.9 upstream version more or less ready; I just need to do some final tweaks, which are taking a while. The new build process is rather different and I suspect it'll need repackaging from scratch, which is no bad thing as it'll make me figure out the modern processes.

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
ufiformat, 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 1142480@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org> (supplier of updated ufiformat package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:53:35 +0200
Source: ufiformat
Architecture: source
Version: 0.9.9-1.3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Commons <ufiformat@packages.debian.org>
Changed-By: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Closes: 1142480
Changes:
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   * Maintain in Debian Commons team with maintainer permission
   * Fix watch file
     Closes: #1142480
   * Fix day-of-week for changelog entry 0.9.8-1.
   * Fix day-of-week for changelog entry 0.9.4-2.
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   * Standards-Version: 4.7.4
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Hi David,

Am Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 12:07:00AM +0200 schrieb David Given:

Well, it makes sense to use gbp-buildpackage and use cowbuilder in a
chroot but as long as you get Build-Depends correctly this is fine.  I
personally do not check mentors.debian.org.  When I'm sponsoring I
require sponsees to have a repository on Salsa and I build the package
from there.  This is my *personal* preference and I have good reasons
for this but there is no "way to do it now".

I've uploaded ufiformat in Debian Commons team - just let me know
your Salsa login once it is accepted.

Yes, it is removed from testing as you can see here

https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/wordgrinder

But that's no issue at all - it will migrate back once the bug either in
this or the new version is fixed.  Should not be that hard by adjusting
the path to zlib.h.

Please let me know if you need help to create a Git repository of the
wordgrinder history.  Its a no-brainer for me and you will not learn
much in doing so since there is no other package you need to do this.

Kind regards
    Andreas.