Actualy, re-reading what you just wrote, yes, a 2.21 branch
incorporating only packaging changes pertaining to 2.21 would be best.
Once it's done, I could probably find you someone to sponsor it. :)

2012/9/4 Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.rac...@iki.fi>:
> Hello Christian,
>
> If we could already push something based on the existing 2.21+1.4 into
> unstable just to close existing bugs and implement the namespace
> migration, it would be ideal. If you'll allow it by explicitly
> authorizing me via this bug, I could push it as an NMU and find
> someone to sponsor it.
>
> For obvious reasons, I don't think that 3.0 would be accepted into
> Wheezy, however.
>
> Btw, about the deleted debian/watch:  it should be possible to
> implement something that regularly checks the upstream Git tree for
> changes in Git tags indicating new versions. It would be much better
> than to delete the file.
>
> Martin-Éric
>
> 2012/9/4 Christian Kastner <deb...@kvr.at>:
>> Hello Martin-Éric,
>>
>> I incorporated your changes into the development version (3.0) back in
>> June, but didn't make it in time (with sponsorship) before the Freeze. I
>> then believed the overall changes to be too great for a freeze exception.
>>
>> Please feel free to NMU if you want. Alternatively, if you prefer, I
>> could create a branch based on the current 2.21 and add your patch, plus
>> any other changes you might want. For me, the main issue with this
>> package is sponsorship...
>>
>> You can find the source repo here:
>>     http://scm.kvr.at/git/?p=pkg-zd1211-firmware.git;a=shortlog
>>
>> Regards,
>> Christian
>>
>> On 2012-09-01 15:59, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>> I submitted a patch to zd1211-firmware a while back. Since then, other
>>> interesting issues have come up (disparity with the archive's
>>> override, etc.), which I would also like to fix. I am thus hereby
>>> asking you whether you would allow me to perform an NMU on this
>>> package?
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Martin-Éric
>>


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