[Pkg-scicomp-devel] Bug#732520: abinit: New upstream version, package unmaintained

[Ondřej Čertík]

On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Andreas Tille <tille at debian.org> wrote:
> Package: abinit
> Severity: normal
>
> Hi,
>
> when checking a new QA tool to find aged packages[1] I noticed that
> abinit is obviously orphaned.  It is lagging behind upstream for several
> (even major versions) and was not uploaded since five years - so the
> packaging can be considered quite outdated.  As far as I can see the
> package is not even maintained in Vcs.  It also seems to be consensus to
> stop using pkg-scicomp as maintainer team but either use debian-science
> or some other team that might fit more which probably is the case here
> since I think DebiChem makes a perfect fit.
>
> What do you think about taking over abinit into DebiChem?  I'd volunteer
> to help in the migration step if any help is needed.

Thanks Andreas for the initiative.
I hope to get my NM process finished soon, so I should be able to help more.

Is pkg-scicomp dead? I haven't been following it lately. I would definitely
wait for Christophe (CCed) from pkg-scicomp to see what he thinks.

But as far as I am concerned, I'll be happy for abinit to be maintained
as part of any other group which is active.

Ondrej