Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance

Enrico Zini <[email protected]> Sat, 21 Feb 2026 19:58:27 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.project
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 09:52:07AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:

> I guess I'm still not sure I understand why Salsa activity isn't even
> better than presence in Uploaders or recent uploads to the archive for MIA
> team purposes, though. If someone is active in Salsa (committing changes
> to packages, merging MRs, etc.), then they're not MIA, no? (They could
> still be neglecting other duties, but IIRC the MIA team doesn't really
> handle that case, only people who have stopped contributing entirely.)

We are getting notifications of salsa activity to
contributors.debian.org, which is used by MIA.

However, it hasn't been integrated as a data source yet


Enrico