Bug#801253: O: wicd -- wired and wireless network manager

[Gianfranco Costamagna <costamagnagianfranco@yahoo.it>]

Hi

>i won't adopt the maintainership for wicd, mainly because of upstream's 

>inactivity. Basically, it seems that Tom van Braeckel is the only 
>contributer currently, who doesn't have the time and priority to 
>actively develop wicd. Therefore i don't see in wicd a future.


wicd has been picked and abandoned from upstream a lot of times
(I happen to know the original creator of the tool).
Open Source works this way, people starts projects, leaves them,
somebody picks them up again.

Until the package gets broken again you won't probably notice upstream
activity, but until users will care about the tool, I'm pretty sure somebody
will patch it and make it work again.

So, dead upstream is not true, unless nobody cares about it.

>  I'm really interested in the technology, as well as debian packaging 
>Hence, I'll ask in other debian teams/packages for contributing.


we will be there :)

>I'd like to thank you all for the great support and the very kind 
>explanations, it is really a wonderful and very constructive environment 

>to work in.

you did a good job!
the package is in a nice shape now, don't forget to contribute if you find issues :)

cheers,

Gianfranco