Manphiz <manp...@gmail.com> writes: > Nicholas D Steeves <nstee...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Manphiz <manp...@gmail.com> writes: >> >> [..snip..] >> >>> It seems that the maintainer has been MIA. Do you suggest proposing an >>> NMU? >> >> Until a package has been orphaned by the MIA team, the question is NMU >> vs salvaging: >> >> https://wiki.debian.org/PackageSalvaging >> >> https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.en.html#package-salvaging >> >> If a minimal, targeted fix is possible (with a quilt patch) then an NMU >> is faster, and doesn't implicate the uploader with long-term >> responsibilities. The allowed changes are narrow, and strict. >> >> If that's not possible, then salvaging the package is the only way to >> save it and its reverse dependencies. Salvaging implies adoption. I >> took a look at the available forks and I suspect that salvaging the >> Debian package is what will be required. >> > > Added a note on the bug[1] mentioning an MR with cherrypicked/adapted a > patch set from upstream branch/fork that adds pcre2 support. Hopefully > an NMU can be considered. >
Seems I forgot about the link :P [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=999962#23 >>>> BTW, are you subscribed to this mailing list? In Debian we >>>> conventionally don't CC people on mailing lists, even though we do CC >>>> people on bugs. >>>> >>> >>> I'm subscribed. Feel free to directly reply to the mailing list. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Nicholas >>
