I'm resurrecting an abandoned package, and I'm finding myself having to
update a dependency also.

Does anyone know anyone that can explain the process of getting them
into the Debian package repository?ÿ The finished versions are being
tested and will be supported against Bookworm, Trixie, and Forky as a maintenance release, and possibly against sid as a preview edition.

Responses off list would be preferred.

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On Thu, 4 Jun 2026 at 10:55, Charles Chambers <cchamb2@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm resurrecting an abandoned package, and I'm finding myself having to update a dependency also.

Does anyone know anyone that can explain the process of getting them
into the Debian package repository? The finished versions are being
tested and will be supported against Bookworm, Trixie, and Forky as a maintenance release, and possibly against sid as a preview edition.

Responses off list would be preferred.

Hi, here's some info pages that should help "explain the process":
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMentorsFaq
https://mentors.debian.net/intro-maintainers/
https://mentors.debian.net/
https://wiki.debian.org/Packaging/Intro

The debian-mentors mailing list is very helpful.

I have CC'd you my reply as you requested. But if you wish to
reply, please reply to debian-user list, not to me, thanks.

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On Wed, 3 Jun 2026 17:54:54 -0700
Charles Chambers <cchamb2@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm resurrecting an abandoned package, and I'm finding myself having
to update a dependency also.

Does anyone know anyone that can explain the process of getting them
into the Debian package repository?ÿ The finished versions are being

tested and will be supported against Bookworm, Trixie, and Forky as a maintenance release, and possibly against sid as a preview edition.

Sid and testing are not usually more than two weeks apart until the
freeze, unless something dreadful happened to a new package in sid. A
sid installation will normally have a banner showing the release as
'sid/forky' (or whatever testing is) and should contain both sets of repositories. I don't think you need worry about sid separately, it's a
fairly fast-moving target.

--
Joe

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On 2026-06-04 at 04:02, Joe wrote:

On Wed, 3 Jun 2026 17:54:54 -0700 Charles Chambers
<cchamb2@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm resurrecting an abandoned package, and I'm finding myself
having to update a dependency also.

Does anyone know anyone that can explain the process of getting
them into the Debian package repository? The finished versions are
being tested and will be supported against Bookworm, Trixie, and
Forky as a maintenance release, and possibly against sid as a
preview edition.

In addition to the links provided in another reply, you might want to
start with the Debian New Maintainers' Guide: https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/

Sid and testing are not usually more than two weeks apart until the
freeze, unless something dreadful happened to a new package in sid.
A sid installation will normally have a banner showing the release
as 'sid/forky' (or whatever testing is) and should contain both sets
of repositories. I don't think you need worry about sid separately,
it's a fairly fast-moving target.

In point of fact - unless I'm forgetting something - uploads to the
Debian repositories (other than backports to oldstable and the like)
invariably start out as uploads to sid, and then get migrated to testing (currently forky) after a suitable time with no blocker issues being discovered. That applies not only to new packages, but also to new
versions of existing packages.
So the idea of "possibly" supporting against sid (much less as a
different edition) seems mis-aligned with the way the system works. In
order to get a package version into testing, it would have to go through
sid; any edition that you want to have show up in forky would need to
appear in sid first.
--
The Wanderer
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all
progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw


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