Hi, Willem Vermin wrote: > the current maintainer of the package xsnow: > https://packages.debian.org/sid/xsnow > has let me know that he is not maintaining the package any more, and that it > is OK with him that I take over maintenance. > Can you please let me know how to proceed?
See https://mentors.debian.net/intro-maintainers If needed ask for advise at the mailing list https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/ The up-to-now maintainer should officially "orphan" the package so that you can express your interest in taking over. Have a nice day :) Thomas