Debian's mediatomb package is in bad shape

[Micah Gersten]

On 07/10/2011 06:15 AM, Arnout Engelen wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 10:29:03AM +0200, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
>> I notice that the mediatomb package in debian is in a rather bad
>> shape. [1] currently lists 3 RC and 5 important bugs.  Moreover, there
>> hasn't been a new upstream release for over a year.
>>
>> I know that I did the last upload of the package, but since I don't
>> really use it, getting the package in shape is not really my
>> priority. For the team, I ask you what to do about it. Do we have
>> volunteers to get it in shape or shall we rather orphan/remove it from
>> Debian?
> Afaics mediatomb is currently the only UPnP/DLNA server in Debian with 
> transcoding capabilities.
>
> I think we should either try to keep mediatomb or package another similar 
> piece of software - I don't know which are any good though :).
>
> I have an interest in this kind of software (as I recently got a TV with DLNA
> capabilities ;) ), so I might be able to help out here and there, but I don't
> have much experience with it yet.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Arnout
Arnout, since you have an interest, would you be willing to maintain
this with me under the banner of pkg-multimedia? (AFAIK, the requirement
is that 2 members of the team agree to maintain it, are named as
Uploaders in debian/control, and the package relates to multimedia). 
Unfortunately, I don't use the package, but have an interest in it as
far as there appear to be quite a few users in Ubuntu using it.

Thanks,
Micah