Hi Mike,

On 2019-10-25 21:28, Mike Gabriel wrote:
> Hi Jesper,
>
> OnĀ  Fr 25 Okt 2019 20:16:06 CEST, Jesper Mejervik Derander wrote:
>
>> Hello Mike,
>>
>> On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 14:44:50 +0200 Mike Gabriel wrote:
>>
>>> Package: wnpp
>>> Severity: wishlist
>>> Owner: Mike Gabriel
>>>
>>> * Package name : gnome-firmware-updater
>>> Version : 3.34.0
>>> Upstream Author : Richard Hughes (https://gitlab.gnome.org/hughsie)
>>> * URL : https://gitlab.gnome.org/hughsie/gnome-firmware-updater/
>>> * License : GPL-2+
>>> Programming Lang: C
>>> Description : GTK tool to upgrade, downgrade, and reinstall firmware 
>>> on devices supported by fwupd
>>>
>>> With this application you can:
>>> .
>>> - upgrade, downgrade, and reinstall firmware on devices supported by 
>>> fwupd
>>> - Unlock locked fwupd devices
>>> - Verify firmware on supported devices
>>> - Display all releases for a fwupd device
>>> .
>>> This application will be maintained by the MATE packaging team. If
>>> people from the GNOME team want to chime in, please give us notice.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I have some packaging in the works which build and installs fine, but 
>> there are a few things still left to do like getting manpages to work 
>> and fix some lintian errors. You can see my progress here: 
>> https://salsa.debian.org/jespermd-guest/gnome-firmware
>>
>> I would like to become a Debian package maintainer and thought this 
>> might be a good
>> starting point. I have a sponsor ready.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Jesper Derander
>
> Thanks for working on this. As ITP holder, I'd prefer being the 
> uploading sponsor myself. This piece of work will be funded by Ubuntu 
> MATE and if not packaging the software myself, it may make sense to 
> invest the time on sponsoring and reviewing your work.
>
> Let me know, if it is ok with your current sponsor to hand over 
> sponsoring and reviewing to me. (Who is it by the way?)
>
> Is that ok with you? I'll be happy to support your process of becoming 
> a Debian package maintainer.
>
> light+love
> Mike
>
I'm ok with that. Thank you for taking your time, I will do my best to 
help. I've applied some upstream patches that fix
the manpage issue and i've also taken care of the lintian issues. 
looking forward to hearing your review comments soon!


Best regards,
Jesper Derander

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