Bug#684585: RFS: lbzip2/2.2-1 - fast, multi-threaded bzip2 utility

[Mikołaj Izdebski <zurgunt@gmail.com>]

Package: sponsorship-requests
Severity: normal

Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for my package "lbzip2"

 * Package name    : lbzip2
   Version         : 2.2-1
   Upstream Author : Mikolaj Izdebski <zurgunt@gmail.com>
 * URL             : https://github.com/kjn/lbzip2
 * License         : GPL-3+
   Section         : utils

It builds those binary packages:

  lbzip2     - fast, multi-threaded bzip2 utility

To access further information about this package, please visit the
following URL:

  http://mentors.debian.net/package/lbzip2

Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this command:

  dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/l/lbzip2/lbzip2_2.2-1.dsc

More information about lbzip2 can be obtained from https://github.com/kjn/lbzip2

Changes since the last upload:

  * New upstream release:
    - limited memory allocation, closes: #645999,
    - improved bzip2 compatibility, closes: #582476,
    - fixed several other minor bugs, closes: #673378.
  * debian/control:
    - drop version requirements on autotools,
    - bump Standards-Version to 3.9.3.
  * debian/copyright:
    - remove comment about maintainers involved in creation of the package,
    - update to reflect new upstream version.
  * debian/rules: execute Bourne shell scripts with sh instead of perl.
  * debian/compat: Bump to 9.


Regards,
Mikolaj Izdebski