[pkg-go] May I upgrade golang-blackfriday, golang-testify, etc. to latest versions?

[Anthony Fok]

Hello all,

I would like to package Hugo ( http://gohugo.io/ ) for Debian,
and I am starting to package the various Go packages that
Hugo depends on.

One of the packages that need updating is golang-blackfriday
because Hugo depends on some new features in the latest
russross/blackfriday in git HEAD, and would not compile with
the old release of blackfriday 1.2.

Other packages that might need updating include golang-testify,
golang-objx, etc.

May I...

  1. ... just go ahead and update them?  :-)

  2. Or should I first ask for permissions from the previous uploaders?

  3. Or should I create new packages like golang-github-russross-blackfriday
      for the cutting-edge version, and leave golang-blackfriday
      as the stable 1.2 version?

Thank you for your advice!

Cheers,
Anthony