How does a package become orphaned? (was Re: Attn maintainer: python-paramiko)

[Libor Ukropec]

Dne 16.11.2022 v 12:52 Thomas Wolff napsal(a):
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>> What I do not want to do is the violent take over, so I gave some time to the original 
>> owner of the python-paramiko to respond. I created a bug on  github.com almost 2 weeks 
>> ago and so far no reaction: https://github.com/wildmichael/cygwin/issues/1
> As a general comment, I'd like to point out that "almost 2 weeks" is even less than 
> someone's holiday time may be...

See above in the thread - author did not react here on cygwin for months. What I did, I've 
found the author on GitHub and contacted him there as well.

 >>Jon Turney: It's undefined how many times we should ping, or how long we should wait 
for a response, but I think that the ~10 months that's elapsed here is more than enough!

>>
>> the cygport is executing in "src_test" some python tests that in the end requires some 
>> python packages not available as cygwin packages (typing_extensions, mock, pytest-mock, 
>> may be others).
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>> So should I
>> a) remove the test? (this is not my preference)
>> or
>> b) specify/execute in the cygport `pip3 install pkg1 pkg2 ...` - I'd expect that 
>> executing any stuff in the cygport is not allowed (and I do not want to trigger 'misuse 
>> alarm')

Any advice to this?
>>
>> and additional question - how do I execute scallywag "before" the ITA is approved and 
>> git repo created? Can/should I use 'playground' branch for another package that I 
>> already maintain?
>>
>> I do not see guide on cygwin.com is explaining this.
and this?
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Libor
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