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

[Michael Banck]

Hi,

On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 01:52:24PM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote:
> 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 packaging can be considered quite outdated.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.

In general it makes sense I guess (the other option would be
nanoscale-physics, but that effort appears to have stalled a bit).

Feel free to migrate it, but be advised that updating Abinit likely
takes quite a bit of effort as it changed considerably including its
external dependencies, so I am not sure I will personally get to it
soon.  

Would be nice if somebody with actual Abinit experience could tackle
this.


Michael