[pkg-lynx-maint] byacc package

[Thomas Dickey]

On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 03:51:35PM -0500, Harlan Lieberman-Berg wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 11:29 AM Thomas Dickey <dickey at his.com> wrote:
> > I happened to be reminded that the byacc package in Debian is very old,
> > apparently the maintainer is inactive.
> >
> > I'd be willing to take on a Debian-maintainer role to fix that,
> > but don't know that my gpg key is signed by any Debian developers.
> 
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> Thanks for your interest in Debian!
> 
> A couple of options in terms of getting your key into the Debian trust
> ring so you can apply for maintainer status.  First, and most
> traditionally, you could meet with a DD or DM in your local area -- if
> you're in the metro DC area of the US, I'd be happy to do that --
> otherwise, https://wiki.debian.org/Keysigning/Offers has a list of DDs
> who are happy to meet and sign keys.  Another possibility is that one
> of the developers of the Lynx packaging team would be willing to sign
> your key based on its history signing Lynx package releases and its
> relationship to previous keys used to sign lynx packages.  Reaching
> out to their team address at pkg-lynx-maint at lists.alioth.debian.org is
> probably the easiest way to get in touch with them.

Is Harlan's suggestion something that we can do?

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey <dickey at invisible-island.net>
https://invisible-island.net
ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net
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