LDC blacklisted in Ubuntu

[Iain Buclaw]

On 26 September 2012 16:46, David Nadlinger <see at klickverbot.at> wrote:
> On Friday, 21 September 2012 at 19:59:36 UTC, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote:
>>
>> I'd add here that you're talking about by far the most widely used distro.
>> […]
>> Isn't it worth someone from the LDC team discussing with the Ubuntu people
>> concerned (e.g. the person who decided to blacklist the package) and try and
>> get their feedback and advice on packaging?  My experience is that the
>> Ubuntu team are fairly friendly and helpful.
>
>
> I don't doubt that distro packages are vital for providing a smooth
> experience for Linux users. However, and this is unfortunately a big
> "however", at the same time I don't think I will be able to look into
> providing those packages myself any time soon (besides for Arch, but that
> front is already covered; big thanks to Sven/svenstaro!), simply because I'm
> happy if I find enough time to look into any LDC issues whatsoever at all
> right now.
>
> Joseph, Russel, you seem to be both personally interested in D/LDC and quite
> knowledgeable about Debian-style packaging. Might I suggest that you think
> about joining the LDC forces as a package maintainer? It certainly isn't a
> huge amount of work to do, but many small items also add up…
>
> Thanks,
> David


Was it Mattias or Arthur who was the last maintainer?  I could
probably pull some strings with them to pass it down to a more active
/ willing maintainer.  Heck, I don't mind putting my name down as the
package maintainer.


Regards
-- 
Iain Buclaw

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