From: rak@rak.ac 
  
 Hi Helmut, 
  
 On Sep 29, 2025 at 12:06, Helmut Grohne wrote: 
 > Back in May, you indicated that you'd be working on mlton. I 
 > guess 
 > something got in your way. 
  
 Yes, I spent a weekend on it in May, optimistic that the latest 
 upstream release would fix the issues I had faced last time I 
 tried getting the package into buildable shape. Unfortunately, no 
 matter how I attempted to build mlton (using mlton itself, sml-nj 
 or polyml), I ran into different FTBFS with each that seemed 
 unsurmountable. 
  
 I put in place build profiles for rebootstrapping mlton with smlnj 
 or polyml in case those approaches ever some day work (upstream 
 recommends bootstrapping mlton with binary blobs downloaded from 
 their website). 
  
 > Do you have any estimate when that might happen or is it finally 
 > time 
 > to remove it from Debian? 
  
 I just tried building the current HEAD from the upstream Git 
 repository and managed to successfully build mlton from source on 
 barriere using mlton. I have a major work deadline on Friday, so 
 will not have time to do so before then, but I'm setting aside a 
 few hours next weekend to update the package to the latest 
 buildable mlton from upstream. 
  
 If this bug isn't closed by an upload by a month from today 
 (November 11), it's time to face the writing on the wall and throw 
 in the towel: you'll have my blessing to remove mlton. 
  
 Best wishes, 
 Ryan 
  
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