On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 02:37:39PM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 03:43:41AM +1100, Trent Buck wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 05:15:01PM +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > > >> As such, scheme48 is mostly orphaned in Debian. Do you want to > >> adopt the Scheme48 package? > > > I'd be happy to, assuming the demands are as minimal as they appear to > > be (one hour per week or less). The only problem is... > > > ...I'm not a DD, and Jorgen was my sponsor. So I haven't bothered to > > find a new one yet (...) > > What's the situation? I intended to sponsor your, but as my failure to > do any step in that direction in several months show, it will not > happen in a reasonable timeframe. Have you looked for another sponsor? > > (You are welcome to take scsh, too, if you are interested.)
Well, let me summarize the salient data: - the s48 package is easy to maintain; - the scsh package is a horrendous spaghetti of unannotated changes to the source code; and - I haven't actually *used* s48 at all lately, I still use scsh a bit. I'm happy to take over s48 maintenance. I can probably maintain scsh as well, but I don't have the time to "clean up" the diff.gz (e.g. to use quilt). Features that I have ready for (almost) immediate upload to Debian are: - scsh 0.6.7 - s48 1.6 - amd64 support (via i386 libs) One feature that I have started on, but not finished, is support for pure 64-bit systems. I'm also reluctant to upload s48 1.6 because it *will* break slime48 in Debian. On the other hand, slime48 isn't available for Debian, and I suppose anyone using slime48 can always install the Etch package or compile s48 1.3 by hand, outside of dpkg. How about I upload the work I've already done to mentors.debian.net, but mark it as no-sponsor-needed? I'll try to do that this week, but I'll hold off any other action until I hear back from you. -- Trent Buck
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