Re: Package Zotero

[Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu>]

Hi Eric,

On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 02:30:16PM -0400, Eric Brown wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm reaching out to see if there is any interest in this group to revive
> the package of the reference management software Zotero. Zotero used to be
> packaged in Debian but an update broke the packaging. There were some
> efforts to repackage the standalone version 5, but I think interest waned.
> I personally do not have any experience packaging software.
> 
> Please see the related bug reports which are now closed (
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=864827,
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=871502,
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=864827).
> 
> A workaround on x86 is to use the flatpak version, which works well.
> However, it would be nice to have the source package in Debian and also for
> it to be built for ARM, given the rising popularity of ARM systems such as
> Raspberry Pi and Pinebook Pro. There is an ARM build of Zotero in the Arch
> repo (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/zotero-arm-bin/).

I'd be willing to sponsor zotero but I have no resources to do
any relevant development work.

Kind regards

    Andreas.

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