On Wednesday 19 August 2015 19:54:11 Dominique Dumont wrote: > On Tuesday 18 August 2015 19:58:21 Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > assumed i can build Debian package files of three existing > > orphaned Debian packages with current upstream release on > > Debian 8.1 - where to ask the following questions: > > > > i fetched the Debian source and ran dch > > > > apt-get source libburn4 > > Hmm, libburn is marked as "help wanted" [1]. I could not find any bug in > wnpp [2] marking is as orphan. Where did you get the info that this package > is orphaned ? > > Anyway, your help is probably more than welcome. But you must check with the > current package owner (cc'ed) if this package is not orphaned. > > The PTS [3] also indicated that this package is team maintained, so you > should also join the maintenance team on alioth [4]. > > All the best > > [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=679249 > [2] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=wnpp;dist=unstable > [3] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libburn > [4] https://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-libburnia/
I just orphaned the three packages: libburn, libisofs, libisoburn. The team has been mostly one-man for a couple of years, but eventually I run out of time, energy, and burning hardware to properly maintain these packages. -- pub 4096R/0E4BD0AB <people.fccf.net/danchev/key pgp.mit.edu>
