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

[Andreas Tille]

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packaging can be considered quite outdated.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.

Kind regards

        Andreas.

[1] anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=blends/website.git;a=blob;f=misc/sql/aging_packages_of_team


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