hijacking libhtml-mason-perl

[Charles Fry <debian@frogcircus.org>]

Hi,

I am an active user of the libhtml-mason-perl package, and am quite
interested in seeing it continue to progress in Debian.

Unfortunately, as outlined in my [1]message to debian-qa in January, the
package appears to have been abandoned, and all attempts to contact the
package maintainer have failed.

   1. http://lists.debian.org/debian-qa/2005/01/msg00079.html

I am not yet a Debian Developer, but I am interested in pursuing the
path of becoming one. I have actively provided feedback of numerous
Debian packages in the form of bug reports (including half of the
outstanding libhtml-mason-perl bug reports), and I have already packaged
the new upstream release of libhtml-mason-perl.

I discussed the matter with Joshua Kwan, who recommended that I send
this email, asking whether or not it would be acceptable for me to
hijack the abandoned libhtml-mason-perl package.

Any feedback/advise would be appreciated.

thanks,
Charles

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