debs for cl-launch & xcvb

[Milan Zamazal]

>>>>> "F" == Faré  <fahree-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> writes:

    F> There's a cl-launch in Debian, but it's extremely old (by
    F> cl-launch standards), and is missing plenty of bug fixes and new
    F> features

It was recently officially acknowledged that many CL packages suffer
from this condition due to the complete lack of maintenance power and
they are going to get orphaned.  So any help with those packages is
welcome and it's the only way to keep them in Debian.  See
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-common-lisp-devel/2009-August/001350.html
and the followups.

    F> There isn't an xcvb package for debian yet, but I'd make one if
    F> there was a hope that it would actually be uploaded to the main
    F> repository.

    F> Is there a way I could become a New Maintainer for these
    F> packages, or something? Any process that would entail prompt
    F> inclusion of these packages in debian.

Yes.  First you should do the work and find a sponsor for your uploads.

If you intend to maintain the packages seriously, you should become a
Debian Developer or a Debian Maintainer sooner or later.  AFAIK it's a
bit complicated process (especially as for Debian Developers) requiring
some work and patience on your side.  But once you become a DD/DM, you
no longer need a sponsor which makes some things easier.