Asking for help maintaining several gtk/gnome C++ bindings

[manphiz]

Hi Debian QA Team:

I'm a Debian user with great interest in C++ related things. I've 
noticed currently many of the gtk/gnome C++ bindings are out-of-date for 
some time (according to bindings section in 
http://www.0d.be/debian/debian-gnome-2.20-status.html ), and I'm willing 
to help maintaining. For the first step, I'm planning packaging new 
versions of glibmm2.4, gtkmm2.4 and libxml++2.6 (maybe more in the 
future if I'm eligible). I've contact their maintainers several times, 
but no reply yet. Maybe they are really busy at the moment, or MIA. I've 
already done some quiry in IRC channels of 
#debian-{devel,mentors,qa}@OFTC and #gnome-debian at GIMPNet, and after 
some discussion with several people, I'm posting here for a formal 
application. So I'm quirying for the possibility of help co-maintaining 
these packages. I'm CCing the maintainers, and Debian GNOME Team as 
well, who might be of interest to sponsor my uploads.

As for myself, I'm not a DD, and haven't packaged anything in Debian 
yet. I've finished reading New-Maintainer's Guide, and am reading Debian 
Developer Reference and Debian Policy. I've gained some basic knowledge 
of debhelper commands, and keep learning as well. I've tried packaging 
some home-made packages which seem working.

I wish someone could shed some light on this situation. Any suggestion 
will be appreciated.

Sincerely,
manphiz