Hi Itaï, On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 1:54 PM Itaï BEN YAACOV <can...@free.fr> wrote: > > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Itaï BEN YAACOV <can...@free.fr> > X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org > > * Package name : auctex-12 > Version : 12.2 > Upstream Author : GNU Project > * URL : https://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/ > * License : GPL v3 > Description : AUCTeX version 12, LaTeX environment for Emacs > > Hello, > > This is not truly an ITP but a request for guidance.
ITP is truly not the right one for this. And this should be merged with #896844. > auctex v11.91 already exists in Debian, and has not been updated since > 2018 despite bug reports requesting that. Specifically, the preview-latex > feature no longer works due to changes in ghostscript, which is solved in > upstream. Looks like there are multiple users who are saying its unusable. > > The relevant bug #896844 was filed in Apr 2018, the maintainer said "I'll > work on it" and nothing ever happened since, depite numerous follow-ups to > the bug. I tried to contact him directly in early 2020, getting no useful > reply, except that he considers that he is still maintaining the package. > > I am not a Debian developper, but am able to package (in fact I have packaged > auctex v12 for personal use). > > What should / can be done in this case ? You have auctex/12.2-0.4 which doesn't make sense for Debian. So, create a package for auctex/12.2-0.1, also add the fix for #951973 to it. And then take a look at https://mentors.debian.net/ about how to upload and find a sponsor. -- Regards Sudip
