Bug#1005133: RFS: libnl3/3.5.0-0.1 [NMU] -- library for dealing with netlink sockets - generic netlink

[Matthieu Baerts <matthieu.baerts@tessares.net>]

Package: sponsorship-requests
Severity: normal

Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for my package "libnl3":

 * Package name    : libnl3
   Version         : 3.5.0-0.1
   Upstream Author : Thomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com>
 * URL             : https://github.com/thom311/libnl
 * License         : LGPL-2.1 License
 * Vcs             : /
   Section         : net

It builds those binary packages:

  libnl-cli-3-dev - development library and headers for libnl-cli-3
  libnl-genl-3-dev - development library and headers for libnl-genl-3
  libnl-idiag-3-dev - development library and headers for libnl-genl-3
  libnl-nf-3-dev - development library and headers for libnl-nf-3
  libnl-route-3-dev - development library and headers for libnl-route-3
  libnl-xfrm-3-dev - development library and headers for libnl-xfrm-3
  libnl-3-200-dbg - debug symbols for libnl3
  libnl-3-200-udeb - library for dealing with netlink sockets
  libnl-genl-3-200-udeb - library for dealing with netlink sockets -
generic netlink
  libnl-3-200 - library for dealing with netlink sockets
  libnl-cli-3-200 - library for dealing with netlink sockets - cli helpers
  libnl-utils - Utilities for dealing with netlink sockets
  libnl-genl-3-200 - library for dealing with netlink sockets - generic
netlink
  libnl-idiag-3-200 - library for dealing with netlink sockets -
inetdiag interface
  libnl-nf-3-200 - library for dealing with netlink sockets - netfilter
interface
  libnl-route-3-200 - library for dealing with netlink sockets - route
interface
  libnl-xfrm-3-200 - library for dealing with netlink sockets - package
transformations
  libnl-3-dev - development library and headers for libnl-3

To access further information about this package, please visit the
following URL:

  https://mentors.debian.net/package/libnl3/

Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this command:

  dget -x
https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/libn/libnl3/libnl3_3.5.0-0.1.dsc

Changes since the last upload:

 libnl3 (3.5.0-0.1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Non-maintainer upload (Closes: #983310):
   * For this NMU, modifications have been limited to:
     - Symbols have been updated
     - Patches have been refreshed

I really did the minimal changes here for this package that seems no
longer maintained. I contacted the maintainer a year ago and again a few
weeks ago but I never got any replies. I notified the MIA a week ago.

The last version in Debian is the v3.4.0 while the latest upstream
one -- v3.5.0 -- has been released in 2019.

This lib is used by a bunch of apps to communicate with the Linux
kernel. The 3.5.0 version adds some new features but it also fixes bugs,
some can be considered as important, e.g. avoiding a crash in some cases.

This packages has a few lintian issues but if I'm not mistaken, no new
ones compared to the previous version. Because it is a NMU and the
situation is unclear with the official maintainer, these old lintian
issues have not been addressed.

Regards,
-- 
  Matthieu Baerts
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