Greetings James, I note that Yasuhiro Take ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is not listed in your missive. He is maintainer for the Defoma package which has a large number of bug reports some of which have apparently been corrected by NMU's but not closed. There is a recent critical bug (#181749, 82 days old) which the submitter has proposed a correction.
As a result of the lack of action on Mr. Take's part regarding these outstanding bug reports, the Defoma package has been listed as orphaned (#180188) before the critical bug (#181749) was submitted. I am attempting to step up to the plate, and I am experiencing a high level of difficulties unravelling the many instructions for becominig a maintainer as well as groking the source code (perl with a bash or sh script against which bug #181749 has been filed). Perhaps you could include Mr. Take in your attempt to clarify package maintainer status. Cheerio! fgd. kl7fhx On Tue, 13 May 2003 14:41:49 +0100 James Troup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > On the 12th March I sent out a maintainer ping to 191 possibly > inactive Debian developers. The list of developers was generated > by looking first at all maintainers who didn't have a source > package signed by (one of) their key(s) in unstable and then > excluding from that anyone who had been seen (with a signed > message) by echelon in the last 6 months. snip > > - -- > James > > ================================================================= snip -- Fielder George Dowding, Chief Iceworm dba Iceworm Enterprises, Anchorage, Alaska Since 1976 - Over 25 Years of Service.