Hi Patrik and all, >>>>> In <20090321105249.ga6...@albino.fimpnet> >>>>> Patrik Fimml <pat...@fimml.at> wrote:
> the abiword package, maintained by mhatta and joshk, could > definitely use some more care. The version that is in Debian was > released back in Nov 2006 [1], and it currently includes a grave bug > that makes the package nearly unusable on amd64 [2]. > [1] http://www.abisource.com/downloads/abiword/ > [2] http://bugs.debian.org/514525 Well, the current Debian version is 2.6.4 (in stable and unstable), released in 13-Jul-2008. Seems Ubuntu Hardy somehow has 2.4.6, which was released in Nov. 2006 and is definitely a really old version. I guess you confused that with Debian. Anyway, this is merely a nitpicking -- the latest release is 2.6.8 and the Debian package is not up-to-date anyway. > According to db.debian.org, both maintainers seem to be on vacation. > I have been trying to contact them more than a month ago, without > reply. Could a DD check whether they are planning to return > sometime soon? I was on vacation and am back to Debian only recently, but now realized I have only sporadic free time now, and in the foreseeable future. I appreciate your help very much. Seems I missed your previous mail; sorry about that. > As already mentioned, the package is not very up-to-date, which is > why I'd offer to take it over. As maintainer of the eboard package, > I already have some experience in packaging and with the BTS. I'm planning to form a maintenance team for abiword, move debian/ to Alioth and use SVN or Git extensively. How do you think? Best regards, MH -- Masayuki Hatta <mha...@mhatta.org> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
