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. 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. 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 ? Cheers, Itaï
