Bug#300231: RFA: libghttp -- original GNOME HTTP client library - run-time kit

[Jeroen van Wolffelaar]

Package: wnpp
Severity: normal

The current maintainer of libghttp, Michael K. Edwards,
has this package up for adoption.  If you want to be the new maintainer,
please get in contact with the maintainer first. Note: the correct current
Email address is m.k.edwards@gmail.com, the @sane.net one doesn't work
anymore.

It might be a good idea if the PERL group would be interested in adopting this
package.

Some information about this package:

Package: libghttp
Binary: libghttp1, libghttp-dev
Version: 1.0.9-15
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Maintainer: Michael K. Edwards <medwards-debian@sane.net>
Build-Depends: dpatch, libtool, debhelper (>> 4.1), autotools-dev (>= 20010601.1)
Architecture: any
Standards-Version: 3.6.1
Format: 1.0
Directory: pool/main/libg/libghttp
Files: 63a8107e80b20841eb68f46607ce387e 704 libghttp_1.0.9-15.dsc
 0690e7456f9a15c635f240f3d6d5dab2 147094 libghttp_1.0.9.orig.tar.gz
 cdf2e2be2a4f04ab2e2115fa1d5e60d5 6572 libghttp_1.0.9-15.diff.gz

Package: libghttp-dev
Priority: optional
Section: oldlibs
Installed-Size: 188
Maintainer: Michael K. Edwards <medwards-debian@sane.net>
Architecture: i386
Source: libghttp
Version: 1.0.9-15
Replaces: libghttp1 (<= 1.0.7-1)
Depends: libghttp1 (= 1.0.9-15)
Filename: pool/main/libg/libghttp/libghttp-dev_1.0.9-15_i386.deb
Size: 37644
MD5sum: b47d06df362fa353bf50771b8da30007
Description: original GNOME HTTP client library - development kit
 The HTTP protocol is the protocol that is the underlying transport
 mechanism for the modern world wide web.  The protocol is well
 documented and widely implemented.  While the use of the protocol is
 generally associated with the web, its uses can be extended to many
 other areas where a stateless, transactional protocol may be
 appropriate.
 .
 The original GNOME HTTP library was designed to be simple and easy to
 use while still allowing one to get one's feet wet at the protocol
 layer if needed.  It was also designed with graphical, non-threaded
 applications in mind.  One should be able to use the library in an
 application and never block waiting to send or receive data to a
 remote server.  The main thread of execution should always be
 available to refresh its display.
 .
 This library has been replaced in the GNOME project by gnome-vfs, and
 is orphaned upstream.  New projects will probably want to use gnome-vfs
 or libcurl instead of libghttp.
 .
 This library is fully compliant with HTTP 1.1 as defined in the draft
 5 update of RFC 2068.
 .
 This packages contains the development kit consisting of the header
 files and the static version of the library.

Package: libghttp1
Priority: optional
Section: oldlibs
Installed-Size: 80
Maintainer: Michael K. Edwards <medwards-debian@sane.net>
Architecture: i386
Source: libghttp
Version: 1.0.9-15
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4)
Filename: pool/main/libg/libghttp/libghttp1_1.0.9-15_i386.deb
Size: 19030
MD5sum: 1ccba7ebf2b8aef3726ba5785d75acd7
Description: original GNOME HTTP client library - run-time kit
 The HTTP protocol is the protocol that is the underlying transport
 mechanism for the modern world wide web.  The protocol is well
 documented and widely implemented.  While the use of the protocol is
 generally associated with the web, its uses can be extended to many
 other areas where a stateless, transactional protocol may be
 appropriate.
 .
 The original GNOME HTTP library was designed to be simple and easy to
 use while still allowing one to get one's feet wet at the protocol
 layer if needed.  It was also designed with graphical, non-threaded
 applications in mind.  One should be able to use the library in an
 application and never block waiting to send or receive data to a
 remote server.  The main thread of execution should always be
 available to refresh its display.
 .
 This library is fully compliant with HTTP 1.1 as defined in the draft
 5 update of RFC 2068.
 .
 This package contains the run-time kit consisting of the shared
 version of the library.