Debian Bug report logs - #216212
O: smsclient -- Program for sending short messages (SM / SMS)

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Michael Holzt <kju@debian.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: O: smsclient

Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 12:28:32 +0200

Package: wnpp
Severity: normal

smsclient is a program for sending short messages to mobile phones or pagers
by using modem / isdn gateways (it calls the gateway with modem and sends
the message).

Problem here is, it was virtually unmaintained by upstream for years. Until 
recent i even was the upstream - with the work delegated to another person
(who did next to nothing). The source is bad and i was about to make a complete 
clean rewrite, but due  to a couple of reasons this plans vanished, and in fact 
i'm for now are just unable to continue the work (complete rewrite would
take months, no modem, ...).

I know that there is a not too small userbase of this package out there,
therefore i refrain for now from just removing the package from debian - which 
would otherwise be the correct solution. Maybe someone out there is
interested in adopting the package (to clarify: this does not mean that the
new maintainer should do the rewrite, but a couple of bugs in the current
package need to be fixed). If no one is interested i will probably have the
package removed from debian in a few weeks. In the current state it should
not appear in our next release.

This all is the result of personal failure, and i should have done this
much earlier. I shame for my bad maintenance of this particular package and
hope that this will at least act as a warning example for others.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux zeus 2.4.19 #2 Fri Dec 6 03:45:09 CET 2002 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro

Message #12 received at 216212@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>

To: Michael Holzt <kju@debian.org>

Cc: Debian Bug Tracking System <216212@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: Re: O: smsclient

Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 00:49:48 +0000

* Michael Holzt <kju@debian.org> [2003-10-17 12:28]:
> I know that there is a not too small userbase of this package out
> there, therefore i refrain for now from just removing the package
> from debian - which would otherwise be the correct solution. Maybe
> someone out there is interested in adopting the package (to clarify:
> this does not mean that the new maintainer should do the rewrite,
> but a couple of bugs in the current package need to be fixed). If no
> one is interested i will probably have the package removed from
> debian in a few weeks. In the current state it should not appear in
> our next release.

It has been more than 3 months now that you've orphaned this and
nobody has shown any interest.  Should it be removed now?
-- 
Martin Michlmayr
tbm@cyrius.com

Message #17 received at 216212@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Michael Holzt <kju@fqdn.org>

To: Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>

Cc: Debian Bug Tracking System <216212@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: Re: O: smsclient

Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 11:08:26 +0100

> It has been more than 3 months now that you've orphaned this and
> nobody has shown any interest.  Should it be removed now?

I guess thats the best solution available right now. The project
is dead, and so is the debian package.

-kju

-- 
      It's an insane world, but i'm proud to be a part of it. -- Bill Hicks

Message #22 received at 216212@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>

To: Michael Holzt <kju@fqdn.org>

Cc: Debian Bug Tracking System <216212@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: Re: O: smsclient

Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 10:58:30 +0000

reassign 216212 ftp.debian.org
retitle 216212 Please remove smsclient
thanks

* Michael Holzt <kju@fqdn.org> [2004-01-28 11:08]:
> > It has been more than 3 months now that you've orphaned this and
> > nobody has shown any interest.  Should it be removed now?
> 
> I guess thats the best solution available right now. The project
> is dead, and so is the debian package.

OK.

RoQA; unmaintained upstream for years; orphaned; in bad shape, needs rewrite
-- 
Martin Michlmayr
tbm@cyrius.com

Message #27 received at 216212@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jonathan McDowell <noodles@earth.li>

To: 216212@bugs.debian.org

Subject: smsclient: keep for a bit?

Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 12:19:06 +0000

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Hi.

I've just started looking at smsclient again for some remote network
monitoring I need to do. However I've discovered it's orphaned and up
for removal. Can I request a raincheck of a week or so on this please?
I've grabbed the source package and updated a few of the access numbers
so that they work again and would like a chance to decide if I'm likely
to use it long term. If I decide I am then I'll adopt the package and
try to get it cleaned up.

J.

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Message #32 received at 216212-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jonathan McDowell <noodles@earth.li>

To: 216212-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#216212: fixed in smsclient 2.0.8z-4

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 15:47:03 -0500

Source: smsclient
Source-Version: 2.0.8z-4

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
smsclient, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

smsclient_2.0.8z-4.dsc
  to pool/main/s/smsclient/smsclient_2.0.8z-4.dsc
smsclient_2.0.8z-4.tar.gz
  to pool/main/s/smsclient/smsclient_2.0.8z-4.tar.gz
smsclient_2.0.8z-4_i386.deb
  to pool/main/s/smsclient/smsclient_2.0.8z-4_i386.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 216212@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Jonathan McDowell <noodles@earth.li> (supplier of updated smsclient package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)


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Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 20:33:00 +0000
Source: smsclient
Binary: smsclient
Architecture: source i386
Version: 2.0.8z-4
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Jonathan McDowell <noodles@earth.li>
Changed-By: Jonathan McDowell <noodles@earth.li>
Description: 
 smsclient  - A program for sending short messages (SM / SMS)
Closes: 138597 141685 156467 202804 202806 216212 232123
Changes: 
 smsclient (2.0.8z-4) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * New maintainer. (closes: #216212)
   * Fixed cellnet/vodafone_tap numbers. (closes: #141685)
   * Fixed German D2 SMSc number. (closes: #156467)
   * Fixed Telstra SMS/TAP number. (closes: #232123)
   * Fixed UK Orange SMSc number.
   * Switch to gettext debconf templates. (closes: #202804)
   * Added German translation. (closes: #138597)
   * Added French translation. (closes: #202806)
   * Updated copyright info (upstream URL etc).
   * Added man page for sms_address.
Files: 
 d5afe447af9864e9ea343210c2865e65 507 comm optional smsclient_2.0.8z-4.dsc
 3d97e7c7b5c80ff2d5bc61790e2ec00e 144484 comm optional smsclient_2.0.8z-4.tar.gz
 56ad7e2469ab34526215f1f05e6ba522 114104 comm optional smsclient_2.0.8z-4_i386.deb

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