[Evolution] Bug#624540: RFA: syncevolution -- Evolution data synchronization program using SyncML (CLI)

[David Bremner]

Package: wnpp
Severity: normal

I request an adopter for the syncevolution package.  Anybody who takes
this on will most likely want to take over libsynthesis as well, since
that syncevolution is its only rdepends in Debian.

The package description is:
 SyncEvolution synchronizes Evolution's contact, calendar and task
 items via SyncML. The items are exchanged in the vCard 2.1 or 3.0
 format and iCalender 2.0 format via the Synthesis C++ client API
 library, which should make SyncEvolution compatible with the majority
 of SyncML servers. Full, one-way and incremental synchronization of
 items are supported.

Background: 

I don't use the package anymore, and perhaps more importantly I don't
use gnome or evolution, so I'm a bit out of touch with the whole
ecosystem.  This makes me a less motivated and attentive maintainer
than is ideal.

All of the packaging is in collab-maint git on alioth. Upstream is
using git as well, so staying with that is probably sensible.

There are a couple RC bugs in unstable, these are fixed in a new
upstream in experimental; upstream didn't consider that version
suitable for unstable/testing.

The main upstream developer, Patrick Ohly, is very supportive of the
Debian packaging efforts. He is subscribed to the BTS, and sometimes
answers reports before I do.

I'm willing to sponsor/mentor somebody taking over the packages, at
least for a while..