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Bug#535261: RFA: xpdf -- Portable Document Format (PDF) suite



On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 10:27:59AM +0800, LIU Qi wrote:
>  > > 
>  > > Hi,
>  > > 
>  > > I'd like to give away the xpdf package to someone who can care for it.
>  > > 
>  > > It's been a while since the last maintainer uploaded so it's a bit of a
>  > > mess. The source package uses dpatch and should be migrated to a VCS
>  > > really as we have a few ongoing differences from upstream.
>  > 
>  > Anyone who intends to adopt xpdf also needs to be prepared to help
>  > in the creation of updated packages for oldstable-security and stable-
>  > security. This isn't a package that should be adopted as a first package
>  > for NMs.
>  > 
>  > 
> I want to adopt this package. Although I am a NM, it is not the first
> package I have adopted. I also have a stable and reliable uploading
> sponsor. 

You need to be able to backport xpdf patches to older versions from
oldstable and stable.

Cheers,
        Moritz



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