On 26 September 2012 16:46, David Nadlinger <s...@klickverbot.at> wrote: > On Friday, 21 September 2012 at 19:59:36 UTC, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote: >> >> I'd add here that you're talking about by far the most widely used distro. >> […] >> Isn't it worth someone from the LDC team discussing with the Ubuntu people >> concerned (e.g. the person who decided to blacklist the package) and try and >> get their feedback and advice on packaging? My experience is that the >> Ubuntu team are fairly friendly and helpful. > > > I don't doubt that distro packages are vital for providing a smooth > experience for Linux users. However, and this is unfortunately a big > "however", at the same time I don't think I will be able to look into > providing those packages myself any time soon (besides for Arch, but that > front is already covered; big thanks to Sven/svenstaro!), simply because I'm > happy if I find enough time to look into any LDC issues whatsoever at all > right now. > > Joseph, Russel, you seem to be both personally interested in D/LDC and quite > knowledgeable about Debian-style packaging. Might I suggest that you think > about joining the LDC forces as a package maintainer? It certainly isn't a > huge amount of work to do, but many small items also add up… > > Thanks, > David
Was it Mattias or Arthur who was the last maintainer? I could probably pull some strings with them to pass it down to a more active / willing maintainer. Heck, I don't mind putting my name down as the package maintainer. Regards -- Iain Buclaw *(p < e ? p++ : p) = (c & 0x0f) + '0';