Re: Moving some orphaned packages

Emmanuel Bourg <[email protected]> Wed, 7 Jan 2026 11:48:12 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.java
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Le 02/01/2026 à 13:21, Santiago Vila a écrit :
> Hello.
> 
> I've recently made QA uploads for the following two orphaned packages:
> 
> closure-compiler
> tuxguitar
> 
> Because lintian flagged this as "orphaned-package-maintained-in-private-space"
> which is an anomaly, and the packages were orphaned a long time ago,
> I decided to change the Vcs fields so that they point to the "debian" namespace.

The java-team group isn't a private space, it's a shared space for Java 
based packages. I don't think orphaned Java packages should go to the 
generic 'debian' group.

Emmanuel Bourg