[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#643843: Bug#643843: Bug#643843: paml: please upload to unstable

[Steffen Möller]

Hello,

On 09/30/2011 01:04 PM, Charles Plessy wrote:
> Le Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 12:38:22PM +0200, Luca Capello a écrit :
>> The laboratory where I am working at needs PAML, but on a squeeze
>> system.  However, backports are allowed only for those packages that are
>> in testing.  Is there any reason why paml has not been uploaded to
>> unstable yet?
>>
>> FYI, version 4.4c-3 builds fine on an up-to-date squeeze chroot.
> these situations are often explained by loss of momentum… I can upload soon.
>
> I see that that the latest upstream release is version 4.4e.  Would that be
> acceptable as well ?
if I recall correctly, then PAML was one of those "fix local needs"
and "train the new maintainer" kind of packages. I do not recall
exactly why it was not sent to unstable. I presume some missing
man pages and/or some documentation that was not set aside
or ... it needs a review for sure.

Best,

Steffen