Hi, I just found this bug, quite a while after it was submitted. In response to the previous query, I am one of the s48 users on Debian and I definitely prefer that the package be kept up with upstream versions, regardless of the status Slime48 (which apparently will never be ported to newer Scheme48 versions according to http://mumble.net/~campbell/slime48.html). Scheme48 is up to version 1.8 now.
If Scheme48 1.3 is badly needed by someone, the existing 1.3 package still exists and I suppose can always easily be forward ported. I really hope that Schdme48 does not become orphaned in Debian (or has it already?). regards, Tzvetan