I'm seeking the opinion of the release team on whether there's any point right now in trying to get a new (never-before-uploaded) package with priority extra into sarge at this point. The closely related packages in question are vips and nip whose [1] ITP you can find here:
1. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=188478 I would have packaged these earlier, but they depend upon libtiff, and I didn't want to have something dependent upon libtiff in the limbo between initial upload and package addition before I was sure the libtiff4 thing was going to work. (I do realize that a new package won't hold up the transition because it won't be in sarge.) I have posted an [2] RFS to debian-mentors and an additional [3] followup giving step-by-step instructions on how to do a quick trial run of the software to help prospective sponsors evaluate it. 2. http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2004/08/msg00038.html 3. http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2004/08/msg00057.html Under ordinary conditions, I don't think there would be any question about the "worthiness" of the packages. These are debian packages for a very stable upstream package with fairly widespread use and acceptance within its problem space (multi-stage image manipulation of very large images). If attempting to put a new package, even at priority extra, into sarge at this point is frowned upon, I'll just wait on this and start pushing for a sponsor after the release. If it's still sensible to try to get this in, I'll look a little harder for a sponsor by contacting maintainers of similar packages, people who have sponsored for me previously, or asking on debian-gtk-gnome (since this is a GTK-based application). Although I have some vested interest in seeing this package in sarge (I'm planning on migrating my production environment to sarge, and this package will likely be part of that environment), I could be convinced to let this go if the timing is sufficiently bad. Thanks for any input! -- Jay Berkenbilt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.ql.org/q/
