Re: Request for adoption: xview
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On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 04:01:46PM +0200, vincent@cojot.name wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> For the last 10 years or so, debian had the 'xview' family of packages
> and Martin Buck maintained them. For a few years also, I used his
> patches to provide rpm-based versions of XView plus a few extras. A few
> months ago, I realized that debian's XView had been orphaned by Martin (I
> think he said he wasn't using it anymore; I still do).
That is correct. I also couldn't stand anymore the huge pile of ugly code
that XView is and I'm convinced that it's really time for it to die right
now instead of trying to keep it half-dead any longer ;-)
> I would like to
> continue where he left and request adoption of xview.
>
> Is it possible for a non-DD to adopt a debian package or should I just
> look for a sponsor? Any hints?
I think you can adopt the package and become its official maintainer, you
just need a Debian maintainer to sponsor the actual uploads. Given my
statement above, I think I'm not the perfect candidate for this, but if you
can't find anybody else willing to sponsor your uploads, get back to me
again and I'll see what I can do.
Martin
>
> For references:
> - debian xview-related packages (used to be maintained by Martin):
> http://packages.debian.org/source/sid/xview
>
> - Related stuff on freshmeat (maintained by me):
> http://freshmeat.net/projects/XView
> http://freshmeat.net/projects/OWacomp
>
> Thanks for reading,
>
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