Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: normal Dear Mentors,
I am looking for a sponsor for my package "figlet" * Package name : figlet Version : 2.2.4-1 Upstream Author : Glenn Chappell, Ian Chai, John Cowan * URL : http://www.figlet.org/ * License : BSD-3 Section : text It builds those binary packages: figlet - Make large character ASCII banners out of ordinary text To access further information about this package, please visit the following URL: http://mentors.debian.net/package/figlet Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this command: dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/f/figlet/figlet_2.2.4-1.dsc One can also check out the package repository using git: git clone http://git.dereenigne.org/pkg-figlet.git More information about figlet can be obtained from http://www.figlet.org. Changes since the last upload: figlet (2.2.4-1) unstable; urgency=low * New upstream release. (closes: #617422) - Relicensed as BSD; figlet can move back to main \o/ * Improve packaging - Update S-V to 3.9.3 - Bump Debhelper to v9 - Switch to dpkg-source 3.0 (quilt) format - Switch to dh-style debian/rules (closes: #672320) - Update package description (closes: #557254) - Update debian/copyright (closes: #436302) - Fix moolets bashism (closes: #530082) - Move figlet manpage to alternatives system (closes: 403665) - Add watchfile - Add Homepage to debian/control - Remove references to depreciated figfonts(-cjk) packages - Remove local copies of man pages (merged upstream) * Add myself as co-maintainer -- Jonathan McCrohan <jmccro...@gmail.com> Mon, 14 May 2012 18:33:13 +0100 Two points of information: 1) This upload allows figlet to move back from non-free to main. I have received confirmation on both debian-legal [1] and the figlet mailinglist [2] that figlet is DFSG-compliant. 2) I am not hijacking this package. I have been in contact with the existing maintainer and he his happy for me to be co-maintainer. Thanks, Jon [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2012/05/msg00022.html [2] http://www.plig.net/mailman/private/figlet/2012-May/000274.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
