[00:06] <teward> sladen: what's the process for inclusion consideration for that though?
[00:06] <teward> same as any NEW package?
[00:06] <teward> (it's at least a few years out of date hence why there's the question, and it's a program that has no rdepends in Universe)
[00:10] <sladen> make the case that the improvements outweigh the extra effort
[00:11] <teward> is the process for beginning documented?  such as debdiffs for upload, etc. and what the bug if any should say?
[03:21] <rbasak> teward: if it's already in Ubuntu but at a lower version, then it's just the usual upload process. No archive admin required. Anyone with upload rights on the package can sponsor it.
[03:21] <rbasak> teward: assuming I've understood you right. You want to update an existing package in Ubuntu to a new upstream release ahead of Debian?
[03:22] <rbasak> teward: it won't autosync after Debian do catch up however. It will require a sync request.
[07:47] <dholbach> good morning
[13:16] <teward> rbasak: correct, your analysis is right
[13:17] <teward> rbasak: it already exists in Ubuntu but is 3 years out of date, upstream would love it bumped up for X-series 'cause bugfixes and such, but I've not seen the upstream's package code nor done a debdiff
[13:17] <teward> and since nobody here has upload rights it needs sponsoring
[13:17] <teward> (if I had upload rights that'd be a done-and-done situation xD)
[13:18] <rbasak> teward: it's fine to do it in Ubuntu then though it is a maintenance burden so I would consider how important it is for Ubuntu users.