Re: Bug#364609: O: Gnus -- A versatile News and mailing list reader for Emacsen.

[Peter S Galbraith <p.galbraith@globetrotter.net>]

Jérôme Marant <jmarant@free.fr> wrote:

> Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> writes:
> 
> 
> >         It is a bit of a wrench to give up this package, since I have
> >  been the mainsiner since Micheal Dorman packaged it (and never
> >  uploaded another version), but Gnus has non-free materiel, and
> >  therefore needs a new upload _now_. I feel uncomfortable acceding to
> >  practices I consider unethical, and I lack the motivation to fight
> >  the ftp masters and the project on this issue.
> 
> Can't the technical comittee decide on this and maybe override the
> ftp masters' decision? 

Good question.  I suppose one would need to ask them, and Manoj said he
lacked the motivation to fight.  So he won't be doing the asking.

This is indeed a loss for Debian if ftp-master hurdles are sufficiently
difficult to induce Manoj to quit this great package.

I lack the knowlege of gnus to take it up, but I need it as a library
for MH-E.  So I hope the ftp masters will reconsider and Manoj will keep
doing his excellent work.

Peter