Re: www/amaya - query for users/maintainers

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> Is anyone interested in keeping and maintaining www/amaya?
> 
> It's been failing in all recent bulk builds on new OS versions, and
> is several versions out of date. Despite this, last release by
> upstream was in 2012, but I don't think there's been much development
> since.

The upstream is very clear on the development, I just checked:

 >> The application was jointly developed by W3C and the WAM project (Web, Adaptation and Multimedia) at INRIA.
 >>
 >> It's development is stopped.

On the upside we don't have the version which has the 2 known CVEs.

I can give updating it a try in about 2 months (gsoc, but I can
do bits and pieces before that).

I'm not a user of it though.

> I personally think anyone who needs a lightweight browser/web editor
> would be better served by either NetSurf or SeaMonkey, but I want to
> ask if anyone is interested in making Amaya work again (and updating
> it) before I remove it.
> 
> Maybe it offers something the others don't.