Hi, What would be the recommended way to find out if someone is still actively maintaing a package? I few packages that I have upgraded myself haven't been released in the past several months to keep up with up-stream versions (Jed, Slang, Squid). Is there anyway to tell if a developer is still actively supporting a package?
On another note, looking in the bug reports, slang's developer seems to be awake and is working on a new version. I have compiled my own copy here and installed with dpkg so I can compile the new jed, I gave it a version of 0.99.38-0.1, will dpkg safely purge my installed copy and update to 0.99.38-1 when it is released? BTW, Kudos to the dpkg ppl, it is actually pretty simple to upgrade to new upstream versions on your own, so long as the maintainer was carefull to make non-intrusive changes to the sources ;> Thanks, Jason
