Re: [Fwd: pkgsrc: wip/nzbget]

[Thomas Klausner <thomasklausner%users.sourceforge.net@localhost>]

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 10:12:31PM +0200, Volkmar Seifert wrote:
> since quite some time now, there is a package nzbget (version 0.2.3) in
> pkgsrc-wip.
> It has been outdated by a number of new versions of nzbget, which is at
> version 0.7 now.
> 
> I have taken the liberty of packaging the new version (which introduced a
> new dependency, libpar2). Since the dependency was not satisfiable by
> pkgsrc's devel/par2 package, I packaged libpar2, too.
> 
> I will commit the latter one right after sending this email, as both
> packages have been tested and installed on several machines for me.
> 
> What I am unsure of is what to do about nzbget itself. The current
> package-maintainer is Martijn van Buul, whom I have contacted about a week
> ago, without receiving any kind of response so far. See the mail attached
> below.
> 
> I don't want a hostile take-over or anything even remotely alike, but I
> would like to see the nzbget-package being up-to-date. My suggestion is
> therefore, to commit my changes and add me as a co-maintainer, if that is
> fine with the rest.

Give him a few more days to respond. If he doesn't, go ahead and
commit the update.

Thanks,
 Thomas

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