Awesome, thank you for the info. I apologize for what might have came off as an impertinent request, and thank you for your understanding.
Do you think there is anything currently I can do to help out with general package maintenance? It sounds like getting a general understanding of how hx is package would help a lot with an attempt to backport it. On September 15, 2026 5:55:02 PM EDT, Jonas Smedegaard <[email protected]> wrote: >Quoting Andrew Yurovchak (2026-09-15 23:08:52) >> Would you be open to sponsoring my upload for a backport of this >> package? I am looking to start contributing to debian, and Helix >> 25.07 has some new features that I would appreciate being available >> inside the current release, so I figured this might be a good >> starting point. If you don't think it would be a good idea to >> backport this package, or that yourself or someone more >> experienced should create it, I totally understand, just let me know. > >I certainly see a value for users in having Helix backported to stable, >but I expect it to be a quite challenging tast due to the fast-paced >development of the Rust compiler and library ecosystem. > >You are quite welcome to try tackle that challenge if you like, but I >won't sponsor your work - I will not rubberstamp works of others, only >sign off on works I am actively involved in developing myself, and as >stated above I expect such a backporting task to be quite a heave task >that I am not willing to engage in (in addition to the projects I am >already engaged in). > >You are also wlecome to join the general Debian maintenance of the hx >package, if that might interest you. > >Kind regards, > > - Jonas > >-- > * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt > * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ > * Sponsorship: https://ko-fi.com/drjones > > [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private Best, Andrew
