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[Raphael Hertzog]

Hi,

On Fri, 21 Apr 2017, Lukas Schwaighofer wrote:
> > Can you submit those patches upstream? In general, all build systems
> > improvements should be submitted so that we don't have to maintain
> > those patches in Debian.
> 
> I checked upstream's webpage, but both the user mailinglist and their
> CVS are offline, so the project appears pretty dead to me. Should I try
> to contact them via e-mail nevertheless?

It does not hurt, maybe it will help convince upstream to switch to github
or something like this....

And if nobody answers, it can also be used as a sign that it's really dead
and that maybe we should drop the package (here we would need to assess if
the package is really useful or if we have better alternatives).

Cheers,
-- 
Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer

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