Re: Bug#835966: RM: polyorb -- RoQA; unmaintained, RC-buggy

[Svante Signell <svante.signell@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 2016-09-19 at 14:28 +0000, Mattia Rizzolo wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 09:58:07PM +0000, Mattia Rizzolo wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 10:57:59PM +0200, Svante Signell wrote:
> > > 
> > > As fas as I understand it is OK to NMU this package, based on the
> > > latest replies by Xavier. Unfortunately nobody from debian-ada has
> > > stepped forward, and Xavier is too busy, maybe you can help out here.
> > > I'm available whenever you need assistance.
> > I'd happy to sponsor an NMU for you.
> > Would you kindly provide me a single debdiff from the polyorb as
> > currently in the archive to what you'd get?
> Alright, I uploaded the attached debdiff, based on Svante's patches.
> 
> I'm not closing this bug, as the package is really unmaintainer, and I
> have no clue whether it actually works after my NMU.
> If anybody needs sponsorship to upload any possible fix/improvements,
> please feel free to contact me.

A question: Why did you not apply the documentation patch threrby closing bug
#790664? From the build logs no texi files were processed, how come?

Furthermore, if you approve to be my sponsor for uploads, I can try to maintain
that package, thereby also closing #835966?

Thanks!