(Please keep the list in the CC) Lorenzo,
We (on the Shorewall development list) have been discussing the best way to help the situation with the Debian packages of Shorewall. In particular, the 3.4 packages have fallen somewhat behind and there is so far no news of 4.0 packages. Many Debian users are put out by this. We have developed three possible options to remedy the situation (these are in preference order): 1. You can allow me to take over the official Shorewall packages (I have recently become the upstream maintainer for the 3.4 branch of Shorewall and will definitely be getting more involved in 4.0 if I am to package it). This would allow me to bring the 3.4 packages up to date and also to start creating some 4.0 packages (which I am currently reluctant to do, since I see that as something at which you should have the first opportunity as the maintainer of the current packages). 2. You can "join" the upstream team and become more involved in upstream maintenance, and as a consequence maintenance of the Debian packages. I am not if this could work, since you appear to be quite busy and not answering many mails. 3. We (the upstream developers) can create our own Debian packages and distribute them independently of Debian. This is my least favorite option since I think that the presence of official and unofficial packages for the same software only serves to confuse the users. Please let us know what you think. We would really like to provide the users of Shorewall with the best possible experience. Given Tom's very quick release cycle, we think that this means that the Debian package maintainer (whoever that happens to be or ends up being) needs to be much more closely involved in the upstream development in order to more quickly release packages. Kind regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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