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Re: [Monotone-debian] Botan orphaned in debian
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Ludovic Brenta |
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Re: [Monotone-debian] Botan orphaned in debian |
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Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:29:28 +0200 |
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Ludovic Brenta <address@hidden> writes:
> Zack Weinberg <address@hidden> writes:
>> Daniel Baumann has orphaned the botan library packages (along with a
>> great many others). Monotone is one of the only two packages that
>> depend on it; the other (keysafe) has also been orphaned by its
>> maintainer (not Daniel).
>>
>> I think we - monotone-debian, that is - should take over the package.
>> I'm personally reluctant to maintain a library package as a non-DD,
>> non-DM, but I suppose I could get off my butt and apply for DM. Team
>> maintenance might go better. Thoughts?
>
> I encourage you to start the DM process no matter what. Taking
> ownership of Botan is, of course, necessary to ensure continued presence
> of monotone in Debian. So I approve of your decision and I will sponsor
> the Botan package for you until you become DM.
>
> Co-maintainers are most welcome. Richard, what say you?
In the medium term, you should also inform monotone upstream of the
state of Botan in Debian and ask:
- what is the state in other major distributions?
- how popular is Botan?
- what alternative libraries exist?
- what would be the cost of switching to an alternative that has more
users and therefore more support in distributions?
I realize that, since Botan upstream uses monotone for development, we
might see Botan as a friend we don't want to leave :) but if that is the
case, let's say so explicitly.
--
Ludovic Brenta.
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