Understood. In this case, can I ask you to create a Request For Adoption (RFA) on WNPP channel, so that other potential maintainers would be able to take note of this?
вт, 21 янв. 2025 г. в 17:43, Antoine Le Gonidec <deb...@dotslashplay.it>: > > Thanks for your interest for Mono in Debian, that clearly goes far > beyond my own ;) > > For a bit of context, Mono was facing removal from Debian after several > years being unmaintained. I took over its maintenance because I rely on > the Mono runtime binary and libraries for some other project of mine > (https://wiki.debian.org/Games/PlayIt). > > On the other hand, I am not interested at all in Mono (or .NET) as a > development platform. So don’t expect me to work on adding support for > new packages that would only have some use in this context. > > Actually my current plan is to remove several binary packages built from > the mono source package, reducing its scope until only the runtime > binaries and libraries are still provided in Debian. > > So if some of you want to keep Mono/.NET as a development platform in > Debian repositories, the only way it has a chance to happen is if you > join the maintenance effort. By "joining the effort", I mean you would > have to introduce and maintain any new package yourselves (or find other > interested maintainers and start a team effort). > > I hope this summary makes it a bit clearer what the current state of > Mono in Debian is, and what can be expected for as long as I am the only > one willing to work on it.
