Bug#981291: Transfer foreign debian packaging into official repository

[Kilian Romberg <kilian.romberg@posteo.de>]

Hello Mathias,

thanks for your quick response and sorry for getting back to this so late.

On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 05:09:38PM +0200, Mathias Behrle wrote:
> I think a good starting point to ask those questions is the mentors list at
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/

Thanks for the tip, I did that and actually got shown that the packaging
is not suitable for my needs since it was created using dpkg-deb.
However, a maintainer showed me packed LibreWolf tarballs that I can use and I made some
progress. I guess I'll be seeking sponsorship with the source package
fairly soon.

> I guess it would be good to have a look at the firefox package itself to get an
> impression. 
> https://salsa.debian.org/mozilla-team/firefox/

Thanks, I'll be using that packaging and am thinking of a mechanism to
keep it in sync.

> Alternatively I would suggest to get in contact with the Maintainers of
> Mozilla-related packages team at
> https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?email=team%2Bpkg-mozilla%40tracker.debian.org
> which currently seems to consist only of Mike Hommey. Probably it would be good
> to concentrate such packaging efforts under one umbrella.

I'll request review by him for the package and then ask him if I can join.

> And I would want to put a little warning without being demotivating:
> librewolf is exactly like firefox a fast moving target requiring frequent
> updates, especially for security isues. So please be sure, if you can ensure
> the time and team maintenance would certainly help in that case.

If no packaging issues arise regularly, I think I'll be fine. Most
bug reports will address the Firefox packaging, certainly.

Kind regards
Kilian