Bug#801253: O: wicd -- wired and wireless network manager

[Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>]

Hi,

Gianfranco Costamagna wrote:
> being a new maintainer doesn't stop you from trying to adopt a
> package, specially because you need a sponsor to see your changes
> propagated, so don't worry, somebody will double check your work!

I also would be happy if wicd would be back in shape in Debian, so I'd
of course sponsor it again, too.

> In this case, I'll be *very* happy to see you maybe fork the git
> repository here http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/wicd.git
> 
> (maybe on a github repository? just to avoid initial messing of the repo).

Indeed.

> you might want to make the packaged 1.7.3 version uploaded on Debian
> (it is already on the master branch)

The main reason why I haven't uploaded it as QA upload already is that
wicd-curses is slightly broken since 1.7.3. This likely requires
patching upstream code to get it fixed. See the TODO at
http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/wicd.git/tree/debian/changelog#n3

> I cc'd Emanuele and Axel, the last sponsors of the package.

As mentioned before, I'd even co-maintain it and would care about
general packaging, but I don't feel python-savvy enough to patch
upstream code or fix python-specific packaging issues.

> The new release is already imported in git, so it might just be a
> matter of rebasing patches,

That's already done.

		Regards, Axel
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