On Thu, Jul 04, 2019 at 11:30:59PM -0400, Yeshayohu Zirkind wrote: > On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 8:46 AM Robie Basak <robie.ba...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jul 03, 2019 at 06:25:14PM -0400, Thomas Ward wrote: > > > That said, I would open a bug in Debian indicating that it is an > > > extremely out of date, possibly orphaned package. > > > > That bug already exists: > > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=914217 > > > > So it looks like this just needs someone to volunteer the actual > > packaging update. Depending on timing, that can be sent to Debian after > > buster is released or uploaded to Ubuntu in advance (and patch sent to > > Debian for later inclusion). > > Is that something anyone can do? I've never done it before, but if need be > I'd be willing to do it.
Yes - anyone can do it and send in the contribution. It will still need to be reviewed and sponsored by someone who can upload, but generally sponsorship is much easier to find than someone to do the actual work. Robie
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