Bug#900774: O: opendkim
Updating to orphan the package, fundamentally I've lost motivation on this
package. I still think it's important, but I don't have the time/priority for
it. I should also have mentioned there is a shared library, so you have to
know how to do shared library packaging.
> opendkim is the major open source C implementation of the DKIM (Domain Keys
> Identified Mail) protocol (see RFC 6376). I believe it is important that it
> be in Debian and well maintained, but I am no longer using it, so my ability
> to test things and my motivation are not what they were.
>
> The opendkim upstream effort is not dead, but a bit intermittent and slow.
> There is a single upstream developer who is quite busy and so loses focus on
> this project and then periodically jumps back in.
>
> The project recently moved from Source Forge to GitHub and there is a new
> Beta that needs packaging.
>
> Some understanding of DKIM is important to maintaining this package, but I
> do not think you need to be a protocol expert. I am willing to provide
> advice and some assistance to a new maintainer (because I think opendkim is
> important to be in Debian and well maintained), so you won't be entirely on
> your own.
Scott K
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