Hi Mentors, I intend to adopt goocanvas, which has been orphaned and has had the latest package sitting in experimental for quite a while.
At first I thought it would need a transition. But as suggested by Alberto, I have renamed the source package (goocanvas-2.0) so that it can be installed alongside the old goocanvas. This is what has already been done in Ubuntu. Before I request sponsorship, I would be grateful if someone could give it a review. At the moment it has collab-maint in the VCS fields, but I have not pushed it there yet. I believe the most appropriate place to maintain this package would be in the Debian Gnome Team alongside the other applications hosted by Gnome. I have copied the Gnome Team in in case they agree. I have tested that it installs fine over the top of the version in experimental (that is why I used a Debian -2 version), but I would like another pair of eyes to check the Breaks/Replace for Ubuntu (they unfortunately chose slightly different package names). In my Wily VM, an install forces the removal of the libraries. The links to the package on mentors can be found below. Regards, Ross -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: goocanvas-2.0 uploaded to mentors.debian.net Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 19:16:48 +0000 (UTC) From: mentors.debian.net <supp...@mentors.debian.net> To: rossgam...@mail.dk Hi. Your upload of the package 'goocanvas-2.0' to mentors.debian.net was successful. Others can now see it. The URL of your package is: http://mentors.debian.net/package/goocanvas-2.0 The respective dsc file can be found at: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/goocanvas-2.0/goocanvas-2.0_2.0.2-2.dsc If you do not yet have a sponsor for your package you may want to go to http://mentors.debian.net/sponsors/rfs-howto/goocanvas-2.0 and set the "Seeking a sponsor" option to highlight your package on the welcome page. You can also send an RFS (request for sponsorship) to the debian-mentors mailing list. Your package page will give your suggestions on how to send that mail. Good luck in finding a sponsor! Thanks, -- mentors.debian.net
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