Re: Is Brian Nelson MIA (Was: Bug #409421 libqwt-dev: Please update to 5.0.2)

[Barry deFreese <bdefreese@debian.org>]

Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> the request for uploading a new upstream version is 2,5 years old and
> did not deserved a single response from the maintainer.  While this is a
> wishlist bug it should be fixed anyway because other packages depend
> from newer versions of this library.
> 
> Similar situation with #350489 which is tagged patch but no response
> from maintainer seems that he has lost interest.  Leaving alone a
> library unmaintained might result in security issues.
> 
> So I wonder whether it is time for an NMU or even a highjack of the
> package.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
>         Andreas.
> 
Andreas,

No he is not marked MIA.  In fact he has had some recent activity. (Bye the way,
MIA queries should go to mia@qa.debian.org.

Welcome to my world! :)

Thanks,

Barry deFreese
Debian QA