Re: Want to maintain flightgear and related components

On Sun, Sep 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM Bob Wong <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Hello Guys,
>
> I'm trying to update flightgear to newest version 2024.1.2, currently
> already finish simgear part.
>
> Looks like the package hasn't been touched for quite a while, is it OK
> to take over the maintainer task or should I finish it as NMU?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Benxi Yang
>

Hi,

I am not a Debian Developer so I can't help you with the upload of package,
but I looked at your changes on salsa and I have some tips.
Nowadays standard is to use git-buildpackage
https://wiki.debian.org/PackagingWithGit
gbp import-orig will update branches and create tags.
Also flightgear is not in the games team at the moment, but it probably should.
I am not sure what the process for that, probably involves contacting
original maintainers.
This list is not very active, you could try to write to matrix/IRC
chat #debian-games