Strangely enough, upstream actually released new 1.1.9 a few hours ago. I
don't see any issues with git submodules (there only gtest and benchmark
libraries which can be disabled via cmake).
Anyway, I can take maintainership over it.

ср, 5 мая 2021 г. в 12:54, Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org>:

> Hi,
>
> The following package needs a new maintainer:
>
>   app-arch/snappy
>
> Technically, it's not a high traffic package.  It's pending version bump
> but upstream did not bother providing a working release archive,
> and GitHub archives do not work because they are missing git submodules.
>
> That said, it's a typical Google open source package -- bad quality,
> doesn't care the slightest bit about accepting patches or getting bug
> reports, or even making working releases.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Michał Górny
>
>
>
>

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