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Re: Request to Adopt a Package



On Friday, October 3, 2025 9:01:54 AM Mountain Standard Time Schöke, Karsten 
wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm currently a DM and was approached by the developer of the rear [1]
> software to ask if I could take over maintenance of the rear package in
> Debian [2], as it hasn't been maintained for about four years and is
> therefore quite outdated. I contacted the current maintainer, Frédéric
> Bonnard, via frediz@debian.org on July 11 and September 4, but 
unfortunately,
> I didn't receive a response. Does anyone know what's going on with Frédéric?
> What is the current Debian process for adopting the package?
> What further steps do I need to take?

The process for salvaging a package when the current maintainer is 
unresponsive is described at the following two URLs:

https://wiki.debian.org/PackageSalvaging

https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.en.html#package-salvaging

-- 
Soren Stoutner
soren@debian.org

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