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Re: taking over gnucash packaging



On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Jeffrey W. Baker wrote:

> Since this is my first Debian package, I have a few questions.  What is
> the best way to handle taking over a package if the previous maintainer
> cannot be contacted?  I am not implying that John Goerzen is off the air,
> but I haven't heard from him about the package so far, and the 1.6.1
> package is three months old and obsolete for two months.

A new maintainer forcibliy taking over a package from a long-standing
maintainer?  This doesn't sit will with me.

Have you tried contacting him?  If so, how long have you waited?

A 2 month wait for a package is not shameful, imho.




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