Open ITP without apparent work on it

[Shachar Shemesh <debian@shemesh.biz>]

Hi all,

Bug #269329 is an ITP for Open Xchange - the Suse server gone GPL. It's 
open since 31 Aug 2004, with a couple of people asking whether the 
original submitter is intending to release, but without any actual work 
done.

My question is this - if I package the software myself, can I just 
submit it and close the bug? Or is it considered rude to just close 
someone else's ITP?

I don't mind working on it, with the full risk of the original packager 
submitting a package before I manage to find a sponsore to mine etc. 
What I don't want happening, though, is that I'll work on it, submit and 
package, and then be told that this package cannot go in because someone 
else owns the ITP.

So what's the procedure?

         Shachar

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