On Fri, Dec 05, 1997 at 07:01:01PM +0100, Michael Meskes wrote: > I think David Engel is working on an interim libc6 release. But it seems > there are quite a lot of packages to be worked on. > > Michael > > > ---------- > > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 4. Dezember 1997 16:49 > > An: debian-devel@lists.debian.org > > Betreff: Re: libc5 > > > > Michael Meskes wrote: > > > How come this packaged hasn't been updated for a while. Since H.J. > > Lu is > > > adding more and more libc6 compatibility changes I think it makes > > sense to > > > stay up-to-date with libc5, too.
We are switching to libc6. I don't see any point in continuing work on libc5 except for security fixes. Even if the risk is small, what do we gain? > > I haven't heard anything from Helmut Geyer in months, except for a > > message on Sep 24 saying he was back. (Apparently he wasn't). I think it's safe to assume that Helmut is gone (from Debian). IMO, even if Helmut were to reappear today, he would have to re-establish his presence for quite some time beforing being trusted again with such important packages as libc. > > I think it is time to officially orphan his packages, so that they can > > find new maintainers. > > > > As far as I can tell from the Packages files, this is his current list > > of packages: > > > > Source glibc: (already taken over) > > libc6-pic, libc6, libc6-dbg, locales, libc6-dev, timezones, > > libc6-doc I am maintaining libc6* until a suitable replacement can be found. Any volunteers should contact me. > > Source procps: > > procps, libproc-dev, xproc > > > > Source libc: > > libc5-altdev, libc5, libc5-altdbg > > > > Source fortune-mod: > > fortune-mod, fortunes > > > > Package ghostview > > Package lacheck (needs conversion to libc6) > > Package chos > > Package auctex > > Package xxgdb David -- David Engel ODS Networks [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1001 E. Arapaho Road (972) 234-6400 Richardson, TX 75081 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .