Re: Package maintainers, I feel like such an outsider
On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 5:23 AM, Adam Borowski wrote:
> libphash was removed due to lack of maintenance in Debian, not because of
> being dead in general -- at the time, it had an active upstream. I see that
> the last upstream version is 3 years old now, though. This is not a
> show-stopper, but you need to be prepared to fix issues yourself if upstream
> won't do so in a timely matter.
You could also join libphash upstream to make sure it is suitable.
> The process for reintroducing a removed package is same as for adding a new
> one: please file an ITP ("reportbug wnpp").
Actually there are a few more steps to reintroducing packages:
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.html#reintroducing-pkgs
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bye,
pabs
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