[taking d-release out of the loop] [correct debian-haskell list now] Hi John, Am Donnerstag, den 23.07.2009, 08:24 -0700 schrieb John MacFarlane: > I'm the main pandoc developer. I assume you're talking about the pandoc > package currently in debian (0.46+2). A bit of background: the package > has been orphaned by its former debian maintainer, Recai Oktas. I'd > love to get the current version (1.2.1) into debian, and I'm happy to > make whatever modifications are needed for this. While 0.46 used a > custom Makefile (and was in fact a native debian package), 1.2.1 uses > a standard Cabal build (though it may need a few tweaks for wrapper > scripts and man pages). I exchanged a few emails with Trent Buck about > this in March, so he may be working on it, but I'm guessing he's waiting > until more prerequisites are packaged. > > Anyway, I'm not a debian maintainer, but I am a debian user, and I'm > happy to help in any way I can as upstream package manager to get the > current version into unstable. (I think that it should be built with > the '-fhighlighting' flag, which introduces a dependency on > highlighting-kate, which would also need to be packaged.) even when you are not a DD, you maintain package, you’ll just need someone to sponsor your uploads. Even better, if you want, you can get an account on alioth.debian.org and join the pkg-haskell team. We are trying to get a consistent grip on haskell packages, and additional manpower is always welcome. Just join debian-haskell@lists.debian.org to stay up-to-date what’s happening. Trent, I see that you are not yet in the pkg-haskell team. Do you want to join? It would make it easier for you to work on darcs’ dependencies when needed. highlighting-kate is already packaged, but is in a similar bad condition than pandoc. Greetings, Joachim -- Joachim "nomeata" Breitner Debian Developer nomeata@debian.org | ICQ# 74513189 | GPG-Keyid: 4743206C JID: nomeata@joachim-breitner.de | http://people.debian.org/~nomeata
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