On 12/19/2017 12:20 PM, Maciek Borzecki via arch-general wrote: > Hi all, > > I have noticed that the snapd package is currently orphaned. It is also > quite outdated, currently stuck at 2.26.1 while upstream is nearing 2.30 > release. What can be done to update the package? > > As it happens, I am currently maintaining snapd-git package in AUR [1]. > On top of that I'm also working with the upstream on the development of > snapd. Since I am an Arch user, a couple of problems that were related > to Arch support have been resolved. I'm also slowly working on getting > Arch integrated into the CI pipeline [2] in hope of being able to run > most of the test cases natively. > > Unfortunately I am not a TU, but I am willing to offer any help needed > to get the package updated. > > [1]. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/snapd-git > [2]. https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/pull/4285 It was initially packaged by tredaelli, who is now retired from being a TU. So we may end up dropping this back to the AUR soon, in which case you'd be able to maintain it. I don't know of any TU or dev that is interested in snapd (although flatpak does see steady activity from heftig). We're also currently doing general housekeeping right now, see https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2017-December/029052.html -- Eli Schwartz
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