Hi, I have the following packages currently prepared and am waiting for review by interested sponsors. Some of these have been pending since December 2009).
xpdf (http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/x/xpdf): - I adopted this package a few months ago since it needed a security-minded maintainer, and I have made extensive changes with respect to forward security supportability (including making use of poppler) and some useful minor changes as well. See: http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2010/06/msg00030.html checksec (http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/checksec): - I've learned that there is already a similar script in the hardening-includes package. I'm waiting to hear back whether this or the existing script (or both) would be better to include. See: http://bugs.debian.org/587295 ushare (http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/u/ushare): - I haven't heard any comments with respect to this package. It is however lintian-clean and works for me. See: http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2010/06/msg00390.html gordon (http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gordon): - It seems there is some question whether debian should be supporting "proof of concept" code. I personally don't see any harm in doing so. See: http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2010/05/msg00177.html protoaculous (http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/protoaculous) - This package is a bit odd since it just compresses existing functionality provided by other packages. However, it is embedded in various other debian source packages such as citadel-webcit, so it should really be provided as a shared resource. See: http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2009/12/msg00408.html, http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2010/05/msg00178.html alien-arena - Success story: I have a regular sponsor for this package, and its been a very collaborative/easy process. I've done 4 or 5 uploads so far. I've been doing a lot of work, but haven't seen much in the way of sponsorship. I'm wondering what I should be doing differently? Best wishes, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
