Dear list, after Yu Guanghui had filed an RFA[1] on hypermail, I suggested to him two weeks ago that I could shape up the package, and asked him if he would review and upload my changes. He agreed, so I claimed the RFA and did the packaging. However, I haven't received any more replies since then, although I have sent several pings. As I have no access to the internal data of db.d.o like echelon, I thought I could ask here whether someone has seen him or knows when he might return. (dev-ref says that such questions should go to d-devel instead, but as it's basically an RFS, I'm posting it here) It would be great if someone could provide some information or would even take over the sponsorship - summing up: * The package is open for adoption, so I guess Yu Guanghui wouldn't oppose to someone else's doing the upload and the sponsoring. * Upstream seems long dead (2004), but there are still a few nasty bugs left, and the packaged upstream version is outdated (2.1.8 < 2.2.0). * It possibly won't be that long until hypermail is finally removed from the archive, but until then I'd like to see a recent version of it in Debian. * I'd go on fixing bugs until the bug count is brought down to a reasonable state, where the package may then idle away into oblivion. My package is available here[2]. I have created version 2.2.0-1, which fixes six BTS bugs and includes a bunch of lintian/linda cleanups (I've already flagged the bugs in question "pending" in the BTS). I have also already written code for the wishlist bug #319268, which I'd like to include in 2.2.0-2. PS: This is not meant to be a package hijack - if I simply haven't waited long enough, just tell me. Regards, Jan Nordholz [1] http://bugs.debian.org/364616 [2] http://www-pool.math.tu-berlin.de/~hesso/deb/
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