ELI5: what's the quickest and easiest way to upgrade an existing package in the #Debian repos?
The folks who maintain it have said they have no time to upgrade it, so it's time for me to relearn how to stumble my way through that process 😒
Follow
@craftyguy IMO the worst thing about Debian packaging is that the answer to your question is: It Depends™. Every maintainer is free to do things their own way.
If you're lucky and the package in question follows DEP-14, you'll most likely easily get there with gbp: https://wiki.debian.org/PackagingWithGit
If you're unlucky, you'll need to possess enough understanding of everything to react to what you stumble upon there. Which isn't rocket science, but isn't beginner-friendly either - RTFM required 😉
