[Foo2zjs-maintainer] Bug#594322: foo2zjs: Please upgrade to more recent version for Squeeze.

[Didier Raboud]

Package: foo2zjs
Version: 20090908dfsg-4
Severity: wishlist
Tags: squeeze upstream

Hi dear foo2zjs maintainers,

While going through the list of potential packages for the Debian Printing
Group [0], I noticed that your foo2zjs is heavily outdated in terms of
upstream version and sync with Ubuntu.

So I would like to suggest you (and I have no intention to walk on your toes,
huh) to update foo2zjs to a more recent upstream release for Squeeze. One
reason for this is that Ubuntu already has one stable release with 20100210
and their developement release is at 20100728.

I had the opportunity to work with the actual foo2zjs Ubuntu maintainer (Till
Kamppeter, who happens to be the foomatic-* upstream developer) and he has
been very constructive and very open to cross-distro collaboration (+ he is
skilled), so you might want to approach him with a collaboration request.

Anyway, this is just a "please update to more recent upstream" and a "why not
joining the Printing Team" mail.

Cheers,

OdyX

P.S. I am very aware that Squeeze is frozen, but I don't see an update of
foo2zjs as risky.

[0] http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Printing

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