[texhax] help

[Reinhard Kotucha]

On 2018-11-21 at 16:10:58 -0600, Axel E. Retif wrote:

 >> 		Issues with sam2p and removal
 >> 
 >> I have been maintaining the Debian package of sam2p for some time.
 >> Unfortunately, the upstream development of that program is no
 >> longer active, and it is using an old custom build chain that no
 >> longer works with recent version of GCC.
 >> 
 >> This package is currently failing to build from source, and while I
 >> have been able to patch some issues in the past, and it may still
 >> be possible to fix it again, this is not really sustainable.
 >> 
 >> I am therefore considering to remove sam2p from Debian, unless
 >> someone has a very good reason to keep it and is able and willing
 >> to maintain it.

Thanks for the link.

Unfortunately he doesn't say whether he tried to contact the author.  
This is the first thing one should try in order to get things fixed
upstream.

Regards,
  Reinhard

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