Re: RFH: co-maintenance for smokeping

On 2026-02-22 20:13:40, Marc Haber wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2026 at 12:08:10PM -0500, Gabriel Filion wrote:
> > I've been maintaining the smokeping package for a number of years now
> > and the more time passes the less I can find the energy to work on the
> > package.
> > 
> > I'm currently the only person maintaining this package and I know that
> > it is being used by some folks across debian and its derivatives. I'm
> > also not a DD or DM so every time I need to push an update I have to
> > find someone to sponsor my uploads, which slows down my motivation.
> 
> I am a long term user of smokeping and can help with maintaining. I am also
> a DD and can upload for you if that helps you with working on the package.
> 
> I have filed Merge Request !9 to add myself to uploaders and to change the
> maintainer address. Please feel free to just accept and merge.

I would also be interested in helping, as I'm still using smokeping and
rely on it.

Regarding not getting new features - while that is true, there are new
things implemented, and me for example I can't wait for a specific patch
to get in stable (but I think it's not yet even been released).

regards,
iustin