On 2017-08-11 15:19 +0000, 慕 冬亮 wrote: > Dear all, > > I want to adopt one package - Bochs [bochs: IA-32 PC emulator (package info > )] which is orphaned since 2011 days. And the current version in sid is 2.6-5. Good to hear, thank you. > The official website shows that the latest version of Bochs is 2.6.9. And > the history for bochs is as follows: > > • May 3, 2015: Bochs 2.6.8 is now available. > • November 2, 2014: Bochs 2.6.7 is now available. > • June 15, 2014: Bochs 2.6.6 is now available. > • June 1, 2014: Bochs 2.6.5 is now available. > • May 26, 2013: Bochs 2.6.2 is now available. > • April 7, 2013: Bochs 2.6.1 is now available. > • September 2, 2012: Bochs 2.6 is now available. > > What should I do and which document should I read in advance? https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch05.en.html#archive-manip specifically 5.9.5. Did you already try to contact the previous maintainer? Are they on this list: https://wiki.debian.org/LowThresholdAdoption If it's been orphaned for 5 years I think you are safe to just update and upload it, but policy says you should try to contact the previous maintainer to get an OK. More details are at: https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch07.en.html#mia-qa > I have been using Debian for three years. I have some knowledge about > Debian package development. I only have a little experience in debian software > packaging. The policy document and debian-mentors mailing list can help you with packaging queries. When you have a new upload prepared you will need to get a sponsor to upload by asking on debian-mentors. Wookey -- Principal hats: Linaro, Debian, Wookware, ARM http://wookware.org/
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