Actually upstream tried to takeover the project on sourceforge but it was rejected by the Synergy author [1].
Until the upstream is not merged with Synergy (*if* that ever happens, which is a big "if"), I don't think i can just "overwrite" Synergy with Synergy+ ; and users need Synergy+ now. What do you think? [1] http://groups.google.com/group/synergy-plus/browse_thread/thread/7fac6ff5938c7750 -- Clément Lorteau www.lorteau.net 2010/6/23 Paul Wise <p...@debian.org>: > 2010/6/23 Clément Lorteau <c...@lorteau.fr>: > >> Synergy's a great tool but has not been maintained for years and bugs >> are stacking up. Fortunately, the good people of the Synergy+ project >> forked and maintain it well. Having this package into Debian (and >> Ubuntu) would be a relief to all those who Synergy bugs are bothering >> every day. > > Why not just upload synergy+ as synergy? > > Do we really need 2 copies of synergy in the archive? > > sf.net allows abandoned project takeovers so why did Synergy+ folks > not just take over synergy2.sf.net? Synergy+ folks look like they want > to merge back, so you might want to suggest that they take over > synergy. > > http://code.google.com/p/synergy-plus/wiki/UserFAQ#Q._What%27s_the_difference_between_Synergy+_and_original_Syne > http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/sourceforge/wiki/Abandoned%20Project%20Takeovers > > -- > bye, > pabs > > http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/aanlktimigu1ob7u_svr7ygqlfx01e4szajnltjyq9...@mail.gmail.com > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktikhsdv73t1gzohv02gb-m1rhr6b4dogs6gg6...@mail.gmail.com
