Re: XOrg transition, status of libxaw8

[Thomas Bushnell BSG <tb@becket.net>]

Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> writes:

> libxaw8 is abandoned upstream and there are no plans to fix it for the Xorg7
> transition.  This is a >= serious bug for any package still build-depending
> on libxaw8-dev, as they FTBFS and this isn't going to be fixed on the xaw8
> side.

Or, a Debian developer could be solicited who would maintain the
package.  We do not have to be tied to upstream's apron strings so
rigidly.  Just because they drop something doesn't mean we must.

It may even be that MIT Athena will take this over, though I rather
doubt it.