Hello Mathias, thanks for your quick response and sorry for getting back to this so late.
On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 05:09:38PM +0200, Mathias Behrle wrote: > I think a good starting point to ask those questions is the mentors list at > https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/ Thanks for the tip, I did that and actually got shown that the packaging is not suitable for my needs since it was created using dpkg-deb. However, a maintainer showed me packed LibreWolf tarballs that I can use and I made some progress. I guess I'll be seeking sponsorship with the source package fairly soon. > I guess it would be good to have a look at the firefox package itself to get > an > impression. > https://salsa.debian.org/mozilla-team/firefox/ Thanks, I'll be using that packaging and am thinking of a mechanism to keep it in sync. > Alternatively I would suggest to get in contact with the Maintainers of > Mozilla-related packages team at > https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?email=team%2Bpkg-mozilla%40tracker.debian.org > which currently seems to consist only of Mike Hommey. Probably it would be > good > to concentrate such packaging efforts under one umbrella. I'll request review by him for the package and then ask him if I can join. > And I would want to put a little warning without being demotivating: > librewolf is exactly like firefox a fast moving target requiring frequent > updates, especially for security isues. So please be sure, if you can ensure > the time and team maintenance would certainly help in that case. If no packaging issues arise regularly, I think I'll be fine. Most bug reports will address the Firefox packaging, certainly. Kind regards Kilian
