On Friday, October 3, 2025 9:01:54 AM Mountain Standard Time Schöke, Karsten wrote: > Hello, > > I'm currently a DM and was approached by the developer of the rear [1] > software to ask if I could take over maintenance of the rear package in > Debian [2], as it hasn't been maintained for about four years and is > therefore quite outdated. I contacted the current maintainer, Frédéric > Bonnard, via [email protected] on July 11 and September 4, but unfortunately, > I didn't receive a response. Does anyone know what's going on with Frédéric? > What is the current Debian process for adopting the package? > What further steps do I need to take?
The process for salvaging a package when the current maintainer is unresponsive is described at the following two URLs: https://wiki.debian.org/PackageSalvaging https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.en.html#package-salvaging -- Soren Stoutner [email protected]
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