Hi again Philip, Le vendredi, 17 avril 2015, 12.01:05 Didier 'OdyX' Raboud a écrit : > Le vendredi, 17 avril 2015, 00.12:35 Philip Pemberton a écrit : > > I found a working email address for the original maintainer, and > > > > contacted him regarding that. Here's my message and his response: > > >> Are you still maintaining the P-touch printer driver located at > > >> http://www.diku.dk/hjemmesider/ansatte/panic/P-touch/ ? > > >> > > >> I ask because I've fixed a number of bugs (my patches are on > > >> https://bitbucket.org/philpem/printer-driver-ptouch/commits ) in > > >> the Ubuntu and Debian packaged versions, and would like to try > > >> and get my fixes merged into a future release of the driver. > > > > > > No, unfortunately I don’t have the time. It would be nice to see > > > it maintained, though, so anyone interested in doing so is very > > > welcome. Your patches would probably be a good start. > > > > So it appears "fork and fix" is the way to go with this. > > I disagree: my reading of his answer would rather direct me to > "takeover and fix": re-use the name, offer a new home (GitHub, > whatever), start making releases, ask the author to redirect from his > homepage to yours. > > > Suggestions for an alternate name would be gratefully received > > By all means, unless the upstream author refuses (which he doesn't > appear to), please re-use the same name! Where does this stand? Should this be considered the new home of the ptouch driver ? https://bitbucket.org/philpem/printer-driver-ptouch/branch/ptouch-driver Cheers, OdyX
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