Re: dvipng: Version 1.8 package (NMU / New Maintainer)
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- Subject: Re: dvipng: Version 1.8 package (NMU / New Maintainer)
- From: James Westby <jw+debian@jameswestby.net>
- Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 19:03:57 +0100
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On (21/09/06 15:24), Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Sat, 16 Sep 2006, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote:
> > I wrote earlier on 03 Jul 2006:
> > > I would like someone to sponsor an adoption/hijacking or NMU'ing
> > > of a more recent version of "dvipng" than is available in the Debian
> > > archive.
>
> Please do not consider me impatient but "the doors of the repository
> may soon be closed ..." :)
>
> The current Debian version of dvipng is at 1.5 while upstream has
> released 1.8 with plans to release 1.9 soon.
>
> I am willing to adopt "dvipng" and ask for a sponsor if the package
> is declared "orphaned".
>
It has just been orphaned by the QA team, so you can go ahead and adopt
it now.
James
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