Re: converting to ELF by non-maintainer -- just do it?

[Michael Meskes <meskes@Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>]

joost witteveen writes:
> For example, I compiled and packaged the 3 remaining aout
> shell packages, but I cannot contact the maintainer
> (Ian Murdock, I received a letter from primer.i-connect.net
> that debian.org isn't local, so it cannot deliver).

Ian Murdock isn't maintaining any package (or is he), so I think go ahead
and upload the packages.
 
> If the consensus is that ELF has priority, then I would 
> like to spend some time next week to convert all remaining
> "easy" packages (i.e. compile without patching).

I'd say do so.

Michael

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