-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- > Von: Daniel Leidert <[email protected]> > An: debian-devel <[email protected]>, > [email protected] > Kopie: [email protected], > [email protected] > Betreff: Stepping back from the Debian XML/SGML team, effectively > orphaning all my packages (docbook*, xml-core, xmlto, etc. pp) > Datum: Thu, 28 May 2015 23:24:17 +0200 > > x-post > > Hi everybody, > > I was part of the Debian XML/SGML team [1] for quite some time and it > was fun maintaining the whole DocBook toolchain. Unfortunately I'm not > using it anymore and thus have lost interest in these packages. Now > after Jessie has been released, I'm finally stepping back as maintainer > and as a group member of the team. > > This means, that all docbook*, sgml*, xml* packages are effectively > _orphaned_, because there isn't any other active member in this group > anymore (with the exception of the libxml2 maintainers and probably a > few other packages). > > The good news is, most of the packages really don't require much > attention. There are packages, which have not been touched since Wheezy! > The exceptions probably are: > > - docbook-xsl: active upstream, lots of minor fixes, very often used, > probably backports related > - xml-core: probably needs a rewrite to be policy compliant and to fix > #763598 - might be a good idea to change the catalog registration > > There might be some more packages, which require serious attention. > There are also some RFHs open. > > I'm hereby offering my help to everybody, who has interest in taking > over these packages, to ease the maintenance transition for at least a > month or two. Then I'm out :) Feel free to contact me, if you have any > questions, and to NMU these packages. > > I hope, fresh blood will revive the team and lead to fresh ideas for the > policy, the catalog system and the whole XML/SGML core of Debian. > > Regards, Daniel > > [1] http://debian-xml-sgml.alioth.debian.org
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