Hi Jose, On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 12:07:49 +0100 Jose M Calhariz <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 08:31:46PM +0200, Christopher Roy Bratusek wrote: >> >> On 13.05.2015 16:44, Mario Domenech Goulart wrote: >> >> > The most recent Sawfish version available on Debian is 1.5.3, as far as >> > I can tell. >> It's like this, and thus the same on *buntu btw. >> > >> > Is there anything blocking newer versions? >> > >> There's no maintainer for Sawfish in Debian. > > I intend to maintain sawfish. I am a long time user of sawfish, > because it can mimics the layout of windows buttons of OS X. I am a > long time user of Debian and package maintainer for some years. I am > not a Debian Developer, but I have a sponsor. Someone that reviews my > work and upload it to Debian. Ah, that's very nice! > The sawfish version in Debian is old but still very usable. That's a > good sign about the quality of the code. Indeed. >> > Christopher: can't your packages be submitted to the official Debian >> > repos? >> > >> I would have to read more into the debian packaging stuff, build >> packages for god knows what architectures. But first I'd need to >> apply to some mentor-programme, before they would go public... I >> don't feel like doing this. But you may post a request on Debian IRC >> or MailingList, perhaps there's someone who'll take over >> librep/rep-gtk/sawfish/sawfish-pager/ssd (not available at all). > > I have prepared new packages for librep, rep-gtk and sawfish. > Currently I am waiting for my sponsor to review the work and upload it > to experimental. > > If there is interest I can upload somewhere else the packages so you > can do a preview of what will be included in Debian. If it is going to hit experimental, I can wait. One thing that bothers me is the issue described in http://listengine.tuxfamily.org/lists.tuxfamily.org/sawfish/2015/06/msg00001.html Because of that issue I've been running a locally patched sawfish. As far as I know, working around that issue without patching sawfish is not trivial. Best wishes. Mario -- http://parenteses.org/mario -- Sawfish ML
