Bug#1101426:

[Jeremy Bicha]

On Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 11:13 AM Theodore Tucker <theodore at tti0.net> wrote:
> Hi Jeremy,

Hi, I apologize for not responding to your earlier email. Yes, I and
several other people would like for buildstream to be updated in
Debian. I appreciate your work and taking ownership here.

>  From what I understand, the remaining blocker to updating BuildStream
> to 2.x is packaging PyRoaring, for which I have opened another ITP at
> https://bugs.debian.org/1128583 -- this is work I am happy to undertake.
>
> Though, I note that this is itself blocked by updating CRoaring at
> https://bugs.debian.org/1122578. I am not sure about the best way to
> proceed here, as there hasn't been much activity on that bug, and I am
> conscious not to break any of the project's social rules.

Prepare your packaging and I'll sponsor an NMU for croaring.

https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.html#non-maintainer-uploads-nmus

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha