Bug#968237: ITP: auctex-12 -- AUCTeX version 12, LaTeX environment for Emacs
Thanks. However, I am not a Debian developper / maintainer, and looking for a
sponsor with a good chance of getting into prestige fights with another developper
sounds like an unlikely path.
Would an NMU be appropriate for the current situation ? I would still need a
sponsor I suppose, but the process seems less aggressive. If so, how should I
go about getting a sponsor ?
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> De: "David Bremner" <bremner@debian.org>
> À: "Itaï BEN YAACOV" <candeb@free.fr>, 968237@bugs.debian.org
> Envoyé: Mardi 11 Août 2020 15:12:26
> Objet: Re: Bug#968237: ITP: auctex-12 -- AUCTeX version 12, LaTeX environment for Emacs
>
> Itaï BEN YAACOV <candeb@free.fr> writes:
>
> > Package: wnpp
> > Severity: wishlist
> > Owner: Itaï BEN YAACOV <candeb@free.fr>
> > X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
> >
> > * Package name : auctex-12
> > Version : 12.2
> > Upstream Author : GNU Project
> > * URL : https://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/
> > * License : GPL v3
> > Description : AUCTeX version 12, LaTeX environment for Emacs
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > This is not truly an ITP but a request for guidance.
> > auctex v11.91 already exists in Debian, and has not been updated
> > since
> > 2018 despite bug reports requesting that. Specifically, the
> > preview-latex
> > feature no longer works due to changes in ghostscript, which is
> > solved in
> > upstream.
> >
> > The relevant bug #896844 was filed in Apr 2018, the maintainer said
> > "I'll
> > work on it" and nothing ever happened since, depite numerous
> > follow-ups to
> > the bug. I tried to contact him directly in early 2020, getting no
> > useful
> > reply, except that he considers that he is still maintaining the
> > package.
> >
> > I am not a Debian developper, but am able to package (in fact I
> > have packaged
> > auctex v12 for personal use).
>
> In principle you can apply the procedure described in
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/PackageSalvaging
> https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.en.html#package-salvaging
>
> Note that the maintainer can fairly easily stop the process.
>
>
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