Hello Alfred, On 19.02.22 20:27, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
On Sat, Feb 05, 2022 at 05:18:01PM +0100, Erik Auerswald wrote: > On 01.02.22 10:01, Erik Auerswald wrote: > > > >I am a colleague of Joerg and could reproduce the bug on Ubuntu > >GNU/Linux with a freshly built telnet client from GNU inetutils 2.2: > >[...] > [...] > Please let me know if you would like to use this patch, but would > first require me to complete copyright assignment paperwork.Just in case it helps I have just sent the copyright assignment papers to the FSF. Thank you!
You're welcome. :-)
I've sorta dropped the ball on this, sorry for that. Do you want to take the ball? Whip up the patches, etc? And I'll hand out commit (after approval) access for you when the paperwork is done.
I am not sure what you mean by "take up the ball" exactly. I am currently not a GNU (co-)maintainer, and have never been. I can expand the patches to comprise hopefully appropriate changes to the NEWS file, and provide a suitable commit message in a format usable with 'gitlog-to-changelog'. I can do that using 'git format-patch' so the result can be applied easily to the development repository. At least initially I'd feel more comfortable with existing GNU inetutils maintainers reviewing and applying my patches. I am open to start on the way towards becoming a co-maintainer of GNU inetutils, but I do not feel comfortable taking over too many responsibilities at once. I am mostly interested in the telnet client for interoperability with existing systems. That is the one component I am likely to use regularly in the future. GNU inetutils comprises more than just that. I hope that you can make use of the help I am able to provide. Best regards, Erik
