Backporting wsdd to trixie-backports from sid

Matt Grant <[email protected]> Thu, 14 Aug 2025 23:00:14 +1200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.backports.general
Message-ID <CAHA-KoObkQSF9Gru3hUTgkzf4+K2vaSk9FekFRxuwJ44FztdfQ@mail.gmail.com>
Hi!

Due to me being busy with a house move for a couple of months, I honestly
didn't corral the wsdd and wsdd-server packages into testing through the
release process, even though I did fix the bugs that caused it to be
removed in a timely fashion.

The packages are used by Gnome 48 to browse Windows networks for machines,
and to announce a machine to Windows on a LAN. There has been some
consternation about them going missing from the stable release, as a
version did make it into Bookworm.

These packages are far more reliable than the wsdd2 package, and work
properly with IPv6 unlike wsdd2 - correct me if I'm wrong.

I'm the package maintainer, so I can maintain the backport.  Do I need
someone else to sponsor the package as well?

Thank you!

Matt Grant